The Economist Has No Clothes: Scientific American (Apr 08) http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-economist-has-no-clothes...
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pgreenfinch
Apr 3, 2008 7:21 am
Welcome, and thanks, Nafgue. Our forum; whatever its apparently focused name is quite open to behavioral economics, it is in fact one of our key fields...
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narfgue
Apr 3, 2008 5:20 pm
... <pgreenfinch@...> wrote: Welcome, and thanks, Nafgue. ... Thanks for the welcome Peter! If it's appropriate for this list, and members are interested, I...
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pgreenfinch
Apr 3, 2008 5:56 pm
Hi, Narfgue Not being a real economist I have some difficulty to reply with certainty. Anyway there is a parallelbetween: *"Standard finance", which considers...
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narfgue
Apr 3, 2008 9:15 pm
... Does anyone else wish to comment? ... Perhaps all (?) economics is "normative", because it's all based on a normative Homo Oeconomicus. Apparently, Homo...
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Chris
veridia2000
Apr 4, 2008 8:11 am
... resources." Nature is not inexhaustible. Economics is about how scarce resources are exchanged in the economy. This century will be most revealing as to...
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pgreenfinch
Apr 4, 2008 8:34 am
Wow, sex and the economy, behavioral economics at its lurid best! Our group will experience a qualitative upward jump in search engines ;-)) OK, I agree that...
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Arturo Gutierrez
argujo
Apr 4, 2008 12:59 pm
I agree Peter about the focus of the group. About the article, as you say has several other bias. For example, Austrian economists do not like to use...
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neelinwilson
Apr 4, 2008 1:51 pm
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/default.htm Sat, March 29th program with MIT's (Professor of Behavioral Economics) Dan Ariely on Australia's Radio...
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narfgue
Apr 4, 2008 4:54 pm
... Peter, by "behavioral aspects", I assume you mean the origins of and behavior of the social construction called "Homo oeconomicus". Right?...
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narfgue
Apr 4, 2008 6:14 pm
... Arturo, in the longer version of the Sci Amer article, Professor Nadeau argues that the greatest obstacle to implementing scientifically viable economic...
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pgreenfinch
Apr 4, 2008 6:55 pm
I see something more general diverse than that. What are called behavioral biases are cognitive and emotional factors that induce decisions that are contrary...
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narfgue
Apr 4, 2008 9:45 pm
... That's a good part of it, however, we are also restrained by our evolutionary history, environmental history, and the laws of thermodynamics (among...
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Robert
tactile8888
Apr 4, 2008 10:56 pm
You suggest that our cognitive and emotional factors lead us to decisions against our economic goals. But so much of what happens is beyond our control that...
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Robert
tactile8888
Apr 4, 2008 11:02 pm
... Well, my PhD is in human sexuality--and there are plenty of laws against sex, who is having sex, how, etc. Use a condom, go to hell....not to mention ex ...
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krishrum9
Apr 5, 2008 10:57 am
hai everybody, really happy to be a member of this group - quite lot of discussions........ interesting..... well, i am doing my ph.D in the broad area of...
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Robert Wilson
neelinwilson
Apr 5, 2008 4:08 pm
... i am doing my ph.D in the broad area of Behavioral Finance. I am planning to study retail invetors trading behavior and strategies. But i have come with...
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Roy W
ousdale2002
Apr 5, 2008 7:53 pm
This link may be of some interest Roy Wares Vancouver, BC http://www.bcsc.bc.ca/uploadedFiles/Eron_Research_Study.pdf ... From: krishrum9 To:...
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Ramanathan S
ramitsme
Apr 6, 2008 2:03 am
Thanks - I have been following this group for a while. I am a seasoned IT professional working as a consultant and pursuing my Ph D in Management. I am working...
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pgreenfinch
Apr 6, 2008 6:56 am
Hi, Krishrum! My modest approach / compilation about individual investor motivations / styles http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pgreenfinch/bfglo/bfglo.style.htm ...
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pgreenfinch
Apr 6, 2008 8:54 am
Hi, dear members and visitors! Here is your 96th month newsletter (the last one was labelled the 95th, isn'it?) Thus, if I'm good at maths, the kid is 8 year...
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Neil Stoloff
hilsum1
Apr 8, 2008 10:10 pm
I came across this illuminating analysis by George Soros from last January, still apt months later: http://www.georgesoros.com/?q=worst_in_60years I hope...
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lazenguy
Apr 8, 2008 11:32 pm
According to the laws of physics, as well as by now many of our own experiences, the abundance of nature is truly unlimited. There is more energy and matter in...
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Bud Labitan, MD MBA
c_labitan
Apr 16, 2008 4:36 am
I am putting the final touches on my book on Buffett and Munger's Four Filters, and my publisher wants to call it the Buffett and Munger Sweet Spot....
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Martin Sewell
martinsewell1
Apr 16, 2008 9:04 am
[ source: http://www.physorg.com/news127410646.html ] Testosterone levels predict city traders' profitability When City traders have high morning testosterone...
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Martin Sewell
martinsewell1
Apr 16, 2008 10:04 am
[ source: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=why-things-cost-1995 ] Scientific American Mind - April 8, 2008 Why Things Cost $19.95 What are the...
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Martin Sewell
martinsewell1
Apr 17, 2008 10:22 am
[ source: http://www.physorg.com/news127571850.html ] Are humans hardwired for fairness? Is fairness simply a ruse, something we adopt only when we secretly...
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pgreenfinch
Apr 17, 2008 3:32 pm
deleted 2 messages, banned the idiot. Peter...
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Neil Stoloff
hilsum1
Apr 18, 2008 8:50 am
... Bud, When I read what you had to say about Buffett and Munger's "Four Steps," I honestly couldn't find anything that relates directly to principles of...
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osamawagdi
Apr 18, 2008 2:05 pm
Dear Sir: I am Osama Wagdi invite you to participate with us in the survey study on the impact of the behavioral patterns of the trader on the market values of...
