Interview on Barry Ritholz’s Masters in Business on Bloomberg Radio

Interview

POSTED — February 28, 2016 — Interviews

The Guardian Panel on the Piketty Phenomenon

Economists: …   The only field more self-confidently but just as regularly wrong as economics is nutrition, whose recommendations to shun butter/margarine or red meat/carbohydrates regularly reverse themselves.

POSTED — September 23, 2014 — In The Press

On “Irrational” Behavior

Was there a deeper rationality behind his economically irrational behavior?

POSTED — September 18, 2016 — Behavioral Finance Puzzles

On “Irrational” Behavior

Was there a deeper rationality behind his economically irrational behavior?

POSTED — September 18, 2016 — Behavioral Finance Puzzles

On “Irrational” Behavior

Was there a deeper rationality behind his economically irrational behavior?

POSTED — September 18, 2016 — Behavioral Finance Puzzles

A Scientific Approach to the Foundations of Finance

One approach that unifies both asset pricing and derivatives pricing.

A lightning 5-minute talk given at Bloomberg on Thursday August 27 2015.

POSTED — August 28, 2015 — Lectures

Smoking (Part of Involuntary Affinities, Elective Aversions)

Cigarette packs were more versatile too; smokes came in variety of containers to match your lifestyle.

POSTED — April 3, 2015 — Opinions

My Review of “The Age of Cryptocurrency”

Having observed the unsuppressable libido of capitalism, I’m inclined to think that if Bitcoin succeeds, some corporation will hijack its anarchist roots and make a lot of money the usual way.

POSTED — March 21, 2015 — In The Press

Interview with New Scientist

What does it feel like to work in a world of uncertainty?

POSTED — March 21, 2015 — In The Press

Fifty Shades of Blue

In the interests of accurate reporting, your intrepid and difficult-to-disgust columnist immersed himself in both Book 1 of the Fifty Shades trilogy to see if he could apprehend their charms.

POSTED — February 21, 2015 — Column, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Let X be the Unknown: The Miracle of Algebra

As recollected from a Walt Kelly Pogo Cartoon in the NY Post in the early 1970s. Somewhere I have the original cartoon, which I will scan and post once I find it.

POSTED — December 23, 2014 — Miscellany

Marriage Times Three

Saving the institution of marriage

POSTED — October 22, 2014 — Miscellany

Make the Jury Fit the Crime

Sexual and academic misconduct.

POSTED — September 11, 2014 — Opinions

A Map of Spinoza’s Passions

The Derivative Relations Between the Emotions and Pain, Pleasure, and Desire

Formulated by Spinoza, Graphed by Me.

POSTED — July 14, 2014 — Photos

The biggest heist in plain sight and the story of money’s stolen respect

One day money became vaporous

POSTED — June 29, 2014 — In The Press