Money and Computing
An EPI Paper, Unfair China Trade Costs Local Jobs
n terms of total jobs displaced, California was first, with 370,000 jobs lost, followed by Texas, New York, Illinois, and Florida, which all lost more than 100,000 jobs." more »
Untangling the Web — Patients, Doctors, and the Internet
This perspective is written by MDs Pamela Hartzband and Jerome Groopman for the New England Journal of Medicine: But many patients have not fared so well. One woman with recently diagnosed lupus told us, "I really don't want to read what's on the Inte… more »
My Own March Madness
You got the papers?""Check! You got the checkbook and cash in your wallet for lunch?" I asked."Check! What route are we taking?""Oakdale Road, turn right at Floyd Avenue, another right onto McHenry," I recited. We sounded like a pilot and co-pilot going through a pre-flight list before getting permission from the control tower to take off. more »
Looking at Why Do Investors Trade Too Much?
Men tend to be more overconfident than women. The difference emerges most strongly in areas such as finance that are perceived by our society to lie in the male domain. If overconfidence leads to excessive trading, one might then expect men to trade more than women. They do. In short, trading is a mistake made by both men and women; men simply make more mistakes than women. more »