The Giant Pool of Money Analysis The housing crisis that occurred less than a decade ago is a great example‚ and has become an extensively covered case study‚ of how dangerous certain biases and heuristics can become if left unchecked on a massive scale. Alex Blumberg and Adam Davidson‚ in collaboration with NPR News‚ put together a special program titled “The Giant Pool of Money‚” where they explore just how the phenomenon occurred and the underlying factors that contributed through sound bites
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Acclaim for Yann Martel’s Life of Pi "Life of Pi is not just a readable and engaging novel‚ it’s a finely twisted length of yarn— yarn implying a far-fetched story you can’t quite swallow whole‚ but can’t dismiss outright. Life of Pi is in this tradition—a story of uncertain veracity‚ made credible by the art of the yarn-spinner. Like its noteworthy ancestors‚ among which I take to be Robinson Crusoe‚ Gulliver’s Travels‚ the Ancient Mariner‚ Moby Dick and Pincher Martin‚ it’s a tale of disaster
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References: • Blumberg‚ A.‚ & Davidson‚ A. (2008‚ May 9). The giant pool of money. This American Life radio program. Retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/MGMT409GiantPool • Bazerman‚ M. H. & Moore‚ D. A. (2009). Common biases. Chapter 2 of Judgment in Managerial Decision Making. New York: John Wiley & Sons. Read pages 14-33
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Service Marketing Individual Assignment Fitness First The Leisure Industry Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………….2 Brief Overview…………………………………………………………………….2 Market Size and Forecast………………………………………………………2 Competitors…………………………………………………………...…………..4 Marketing Environment External Environment…………………………………………………………..5 Internal Environment………………………………………………………....12 Opportunities and Threats………………………………………………..….12 Strategic
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About Mega Carpool • India’s first GPS/GPRS based dynamic carpool service in partners with Airtel catering to Delhi/NCR • It is backed by HICC which is the leading infrastructure company currently developing the underground parking system in new Delhi Facts and Figures • • Number of registered car in Delhi itself increase by 51% in past 30 years We spend approximately 3.7 billion hours on the traffic jam per year India contributes around 5% of global carbon dioxide emissions 40% of carbon
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Pool Company Project * From Computer-Science: Software-Engineering Project Overview This document provide a sample of what is possible‚ and could lead to a project worth the maximum grade of 100% Something to think about!!! Do not think this is what you have to do to get the maximum number of points. It is just a sample! You are only bound by your programming ability. Please do not try and do more than you are capable of. Think‚ plan‚ design and code YOUR final project. This is your
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the Millikan Reflecting Pool‚ I had expected to be greeted with the image of a teenage girl. Instead‚ I found myself staring into a layer of stones and cement. A sign stood in place of the water‚ explaining that in light of the current drought‚ the pool had been drained so that Caltech could cut back on its water usage. Having exhausted every picture of Caltech I could get online and in viewbooks‚ I had been excited to see the beautiful Millikan Library and reflecting pool in person‚ but I was even
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In Between the Pools and the Gardenias‚ a maid named Marie finds a dead baby in the street. She names it Rose and tells it about her miscarriages‚ her cheating husband‚ and the Dominican pool-cleaner who slept with her once. Marie pretends the house where she works belongs to her and the Dominican man. When the baby rots‚ she covers it with perfume and tries to wash it‚ but she finally decides the flies are trapping Rose’s spirit and buries Rose by the gardenias. The Dominican calls the police‚ claiming
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BKristen Gershkoff Mr. Zabel Ecology 1 October 2012 How Abiotic Factors Affect the Biota The variation of abiotic factors in both the beach and the salt pond greatly affect the biota in those areas. At the beach there was a rocky landscape that rounded the water‚ while at the salt pond‚ there was more of a wet grassy area allowing different life forms or biota to thrive in each. Also‚ physical factors such as temperature‚ salinity‚ or dissolved oxygen levels allow for different life forms to
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Health & Fitness Industry Health and Fitness are a big aspect in the world today. This industry has had an incredible amount of growth over the past 30 years. The industry first became popular in the 1970 ’s‚ with the idea that it would not always be popular. "Most Americans rate their physical and emotional health as a top personal priority." This industry has two major demographic groups; The Boomers and the Gen Y generation. The main reason why the Industry has grown and is still growing is
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