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Friday, January 5, 2012

Emanuel Derman, Columbia University
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Models Behaving Badly
Emanuel Derman, Columbia University

What do quantum theory, Schopenhauer, Goethe, and Spinoza have to teach us about the economic disaster of 2007-8? Quite a bit, maintains Emanuel Derman of Columbia University’s Industrial Engineering & Operations Research Department. Hear him discuss his new book, Models Behaving Badly: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life.


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