Browsing by Subject "Wall Street"
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Economics: From the Dismal Science to the Moral Science: The Moral Economics of Kendall P. Cochran
(University of North Texas Libraries, 2015)Adam Smith published The Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759 and established the ethical foundation for The Wealth of Nations (1776) as well as the important role played by custom and fashion in shaping behaviors and outcomes. ... -
The physics of Wall Street: a brief history of predicting the unpredictable
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013)While many of the mathematicians and software engineers on Wall Street failed when their abstractions turned ugly in practice, a special breed of physicists has a much deeper history of revolutionizing finance. From ... -
The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013)After the economic meltdown of 2008, Warren Buffett famously warned, “beware of geeks bearing formulas.” But as James Weatherall demonstrates, not all geeks are created equal. While many of the mathematicians and software ...
