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Danger & Opportunity: Can Life Planners Save The World? Can financial life planners save the world? Lessons learned from Confucius, Abraham Maslow, and Adam Smith point the way showing that they can. |
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From Adam Smith to Open Source Was an 18th century economist the inspiration behind the free and open source movement? |
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Economists Are Getting Religion Religion is simply too big for economics to ignore, and now the gulf is closing. |
Salon.com
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Oh behave! Why do we buy more when we have less to spend? Behavioral economists can explain... |
Reason
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Is Behavioral Finance a Growth Industry? The subdiscipline of behavioral finance has gained ground over the last half-decade. The idea is simple: Investors are not as rational as traditional theory has assumed, and biases in their decision-making can have a cumulative effect on asset prices... |
HBS Working Knowledge
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Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees' Intrinsic Goodwill Everyone comes to the table with some amount of "altruistic capital," a stock of intrinsic desire to serve, says professor Nava Ashraf. Her research includes study of what best motivates hairdressers in Zambia to provide HIV/AIDS education in their salons. |
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AskMen.com
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Advisors Beware: The Downside of Behavioral Finance A superficial understanding of behavioral finance can be counterproductive |
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The Motley Fool
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HBS Working Knowledge
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Registered Rep.
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Krawcheck Says Advisors Not Forced Into Wealth Silos: UPDATE Citigroup's reorganization of its private bank and Global Wealth Management division, announced Tuesday, will absolutely not force advisors into silos based on client wealth. |
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Books: John Cassidy's How Markets Fail Blind faith in the markets, says John Cassidy, author of How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities, caused the financial meltdown. We can avert future calamities via 'reality-based economics' |
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Behavior and the Bottom Line In an era of shrinking marketing budgets, increase ROI with behavioral science-based marketing. |
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Popular Mechanics
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Glass Blower Daryl Smith became a glass blower at Yale, which allowed him to use his old-fashioned craft to create state-of-the-art scientific tools. |
Financial Planning
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Wealth Management Psych Out Behavioral finance is a field that is gaining traction among financial advisors. It is a full-fledged discipline that offers tools serious wealth management firms are using to understand and serve high-net-worth clients. |
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A Leading Role The IT department's mission at Assumption Life is to be an industry model for IT solutions while staying in line with the corporate strategic plan. |
