Regulatory Reform (Steven Pearlstein on Charlie Rose)
A conversation about Regulatory Reform with Steven Pearlstein of “The Washington Post” Thursday, June 18, 2009
Words from the (investment) Wise June 21, 2009
Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (June 15 – 21, 2009) Caution last week crept back into investors’...
Joachim de Posada says, Don’t eat the marshmallow yet
In this short talk from TED U, Joachim de Posada shares a landmark experiment on delayed gratification — and how it can predict...
Gödel, Escher, Bach: A Mental Space Odyssey
In college, I was pretty blown away by this book. So when I stumbled across the MIT openware course on Douglas Hofstadter’s...
Brat Pack Mashup
I don’t know why I find this so amusing, but I do: An 80s brat pack movie mashup to the tune of Lisztomania: The official video is...
Risk Aversion, Discipline & Marshmallow Experiments
There are two areas of academic research I have long found fascinating — Behavioral Economics, and Cognitive Psychology. For...
Buyers Fatigue?
Some 15 weeks after the March 666 lows, indices are 40% higher. After that sprint, might the buyers be suffering from some fatigue? Are...
New York Debuts Highly-Anticipated New Park
The High Line, an ambitious new public space opens in Manhattan this week. Set atop once-abandoned railway tracks, the new park has been...