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Some interesting posts found recently"Is there a link between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and some financial failures?" http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2012/aug/22/link-adhd-spectacular-financial-failures … orhttp://www. cbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22560046"Crime rates and religious beliefs" http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/09/daily-chart …"Why big banks are hazardous to US financial health" http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/33615927_1_bank-size-multiple-banks-largest-banks …"Introducing Megabank: The regulators' worst nightmare"http://www.efinancialnews.com/2012-09-06/creditsights-european-megabank …"The only models were excel models, the only bottles were coca cola" on reality of investment banking via @WilliamCohanhttp://www. wallstreetoasis.com/forums/life-after-investment-banking?utm_source=twitter&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=tweets …"Social Security is not welfare" http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.ca/2012/09/social-security-is-not-welfare.html …"undergraduate education in U.S. (...) priority given to making sure that students receivea broad 'liberal education'"http:// understandingsociety.blogspot.ca/liberal-education.html …"Are assessments of scientific intelligence biased toward mathematically oriented fields?" http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/2012/08/30/are-assessments-of-scientific-intelligence-biased-toward-mathematically-oriented-fields/ …"Uniform prices for differentiated goods: The case of the movie-theater industry" http://www.law.arizona.edu/faculty/facultypubs/documents/orbach/als0607.pdf …"What The Apollo Astronauts Did For Life Insurance" http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/...12/08/30/160267398/what-the-apollo-astronauts-did-for-life-insurance  "How open should journalists be about data they shave? How much should they share with the world?" http://www.structureofnews.wordpress.com/...l-and-data-journalism I guess the same holds for academic researchers"All statisticians should have twitter accounts"http:// simplystatistics.org/post/2954/statistics-statisticians-need-better-marketing … via @AmstatNews @stat110"Markov unchained" by Carlos Gomez Grajales http://www.significancemagazine.org/education/2506381/Markov-unchained.html …"Henry Ford, When Capitalists Cared" http://www.nytimes.com/2012/opinion/henry-ford-when-capitalists-cared.html …via @IanikMarcil"Why earthquake hazard maps often fail and what to do about it" http://www.earth.northwestern.edu/p…playing with life expectancy concepts "Will I Live Longer Than My Cat?" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mag-19467491 …interesting question "Are Groups More Rational than Individuals?"http:// conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/are-groups-more-rational-than.html …"Equity Dividend Yield VS 10 Yr US Bond Constant Maturity Yield" http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/140-years-of-equity-yield-vs-us-bond-yield/ … via http://www.globalfinancialdata.com"How We Die" http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=longevity-why-we-die-global-life-expectancy …"Amazon’s Fuzzy Math: Stop Encouraging Them" http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/08/30/amazons-fuzzy-math-stop-encouraging-them/ …"High-Frequency Traders Flat-Out Buying Data Ahead of You" http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2/08/28/high-frequency-traders-flat-out-buying-data-ahead-of-you/ …"Why Are Morgan Stanley &#38; Goldman Sachs Still Bank Holding Companies 4 years Post-Crisis ?" http://www.bloomberg.com/3/breaking-up-banks-is-hard-with-traders-hooked-on-deposits.html …"Glacial Pace of Scientific Publishing: Why It Hurts Everyone and What We Can Do To Fix It" http://www.fasebj.org/content/26/9/3589.full … and http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=1162"Big Finance’s Best Friend, Wall Street Apologetics of R. Shiller" http://www.bostonreview.net/BR37.5/frank_pasquale_robert_shiller_finance_good_society.php … "whether in love or money, quants do it better...""Why Are the Big Banks Suddenly Afraid?" http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/-are-the-big-banks-suddenly-afraid/ …"Why America Spends While the World Saves: Beyond Our Means" http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/09/why-america-spends-while-the-world-saves-beyond-our-means/ … via @IanikMarcilavec toujours quelques posts en francais,"Goldman Sachs, Frankenstein de la finance ou bouc-émissaire?" http://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/banques-finance/industrie-financiere/20120904trib000717724/goldman-sachs-frankenstein-de-la-finance-ou-bouc-emissaire.html …"Goldman Sachs, la banque qui dirige le monde" via @traderphil1http://www. youtube.com/gzzHY2Vgx6U …"Pourquoi les salaires des dirigeants du CAC 40 ont doublé en dix ans" http://www.rue89.com/rue89-eco//09/03/pourquoi-les-salaires-des-patrons-du-cac-40-ont-double-en-dix-ans-235035 …"La jeunesse européenne vue par le « Washington Post »" http://bigbrowser.blog.lemonde.fr/future-la-jeunesse-europeenne-vue-par-le-washington-post/#xtor=RSS-3208 …"Pariez sur les chercheurs comme sur les chevaux"http://www. lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2012/08/16/pariez-sur-les-chercheurs-comme-sur-les-chevaux_1746872_1650684.html …"Big Data : quand le mathématicien devient sexy" par @MatthieuDurut http://www.planete-plus-intelligente.lemonde.fr/big-data-quand-le-statisticien-devient-sexy_a-12-1769.html …sur @planeteplus via @mathoscopepour découvrir des économistes canadiens francophones médiatiques (tout ça à la fois) http://blogues.radio-canada.ca/geraldfillion/2012/08/31/les-economistes-et-la-politique-en-2012/ … sur le blog de @geraldfillionDid I miss something ?