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    "The Mind of the Market"

    "The Mind of the Market"

    FromCHIASMOS: The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source [audio]

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    "The Mind of the Market"

    FromCHIASMOS: The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source [audio]

    ratings:
    Length:
    66 minutes
    Released:
    Jan 14, 2008
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Author and psychologist Michael Shermer explains how evolution shaped the modern economy-and why people are so irrational about money. How did we make the leap from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern consumers and traders? Why do people get so emotional and irrational about bottom-line financial and business decisions? Is the capitalist marketplace a sort of Darwinian organism, evolved through natural selection as the fittest way to satisfy our needs?
    Released:
    Jan 14, 2008
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source is intended as a resource for students, teachers, and the general public. It makes available recordings of conferences, lectures, and performances sponsored and organized by: the Center for International Studies; the Human Rights Program; the Center for East Asian Studies; the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies; the Center for Latin American Studies; the Center for Middle Eastern Studies; and the South Asian Language and Area Center. It is funded in part by grants from the U.S. Department of Education.