Wall Street's Dr.'s Frankensteins of the "Credit Default Swap" monster. Dr. Paul Samuelson (l) and Dr. Robert Merton (r) son of Columbia University Sociologist Robert "Merlin" Merton. For more on Merton see Masters of Mertonian Metrics and Trolling for Milton Friedman's Free Market. |
The truth may set you free, but finding the truth is like playing tennis. You don't get a hint of it until you've returned the volley about three or four times. The mainstream media counts on the masses never returning what's served up. Journalism today has become a caricature not unlike what Robert Lynd describes by saying "Research without an actively selective point of view is like the ditty bag of an idiot, filled with bits of pebbles, straw, feathers and other random hoardings."
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Engineering Unintended Consequences Through Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
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