In this time of financial crisis, a resonant exploration of economic behaviour and its consequences. Neuroscientist and former Wall Street trader John Coates here explains how we think with our body as well as our brain; when we take risks at work, in sport, on the battlefield, and the financial markets. Could the biological responses to making and losing money trigger the extr...(展开全部)

约翰·科茨（John Coates），剑桥大学神经科学和金融学高级研究员，曾在纽约为高盛、美林和德意志银行工作，在交易大厅里，他观察到了情感的波动对交易员产生的影响。2004年，科茨又回到剑桥，开始研究内分泌系统对金融冒险行为的影响。科茨的研究成果曾被多本刊物引用，包括《纽约时报》、《连线》和《经济学人》，他也曾上过多期广播和电视节目，包括《早安美国》、《CBS晚间新闻》和BBC的节目，他的论文曾发表于《金融时报》和《美国国家科学院院刊》。

In this time of financial crisis, a resonant exploration of economic behaviour and its consequences. Neuroscientist and former Wall Street trader John Coates here explains how we think with our body as well as our brain; when we take risks at work, in sport, on the battlefield, and the financial markets. Could the biological responses to making and losing money trigger the extr...(展开全部)

约翰·科茨（John Coates），剑桥大学神经科学和金融学高级研究员，曾在纽约为高盛、美林和德意志银行工作，在交易大厅里，他观察到了情感的波动对交易员产生的影响。2004年，科茨又回到剑桥，开始研究内分泌系统对金融冒险行为的影响。科茨的研究成果曾被多本刊物引用，包括《纽约时报》、《连线》和《经济学人》，他也曾上过多期广播和电视节目，包括《早安美国》、《CBS晚间新闻》和BBC的节目，他的论文曾发表于《金融时报》和《美国国家科学院院刊》。

This is a plain-English explanation of how we got into the current economic disaster that developed out of the economics and politics of the housing boom and bust. The creative” financing of home mortgages and the even more creative” marketing of financial securities based on American mortgages to countries around the world, are part of the story of how a financial house of car...(展开全部)

This is a plain-English explanation of how we got into the current economic disaster that developed out of the economics and politics of the housing boom and bust. The creative” financing of home mortgages and the even more creative” marketing of financial securities based on American mortgages to countries around the world, are part of the story of how a financial house of car...(展开全部)

Scary headlines and scarier statistics tell the story of a financial crisis on a scale not seen in decades—certainly not within the lifetime of most Americans. Moreover, this is a worldwide financial crisis. Financial institutions on both sides of the Atlantic have either collapsed or have been saved from collapse by government bailouts, as a result of buying securities based o...(展开全部)

In 1982, the Dow hovered below 1000. Then, the market rose and rapidly gained speed until it peaked above 11,000. Noted journalist and financial reporter Maggie Mahar has written the first book on the remarkable bull market that began in 1982 and ended just in the early 2000s. For almost two decades, a colorful cast of characters such as Abby Joseph Cohen, Mary Meeker, Henry Bl...(展开全部)

In 1982, the Dow hovered below 1000. Then, the market rose and rapidly gained speed until it peaked above 11,000. Noted journalist and financial reporter Maggie Mahar has written the first book on the remarkable bull market that began in 1982 and ended just in the early 2000s. For almost two decades, a colorful cast of characters such as Abby Joseph Cohen, Mary Meeker, Henry Bl...(展开全部)

'A remarkable debut novel' Sunday Times'The best historical thriller I've read in twenty years' A.J. Finn'A thrilling, unnerving, clever and beautiful story. Reading it is like giving a little gift to oneself' Fredrik BackmanThe year is 1793, Stockholm. King Gustav of Sweden has been assassinated, years of foreign wars have emptied the treasuries, and the realm is governed by a...(展开全部)