Giving a talk in Warwick Business School, Tuesday 20 May
If you’re into SSF and happen to be in Warwick University next Tuesday…read more...
View ArticleThe Provoked Economy
Plug: some blog readers may be interested in The Provoked Economy: Economic Reality and the Performative Turn (Routledge, 2014), which contains some bits on finance. See more details (including some...
View ArticleWanna postdoc in California?
The Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion at University of California, Irvine, has two post doctoral positions on offer.read more...
View ArticleSnack-sized stories about finance
Itâs hard to understand the technical details of finance.read more...
View ArticleLondon buses wonât take cash. Margaret Thatcher not to blame.
The Bank of Englandâs currency is no good on London buses.read more...
View ArticleSecurities litigation without the efficient market hypothesis
The Supreme Court in the US has just made a ruling that corporate misstatements is perhaps not so important if market prices are already imperfect. According to the NYTimes,read more...
View ArticleWelcoming the students of the Social Studies of Finance Summer School
Here comes my favourite part of the year. Itâs sunny again in London, Wimbledon is full swing, and the second edition of the LSE Summer School in sociology of finance is about to start.read more...
View ArticleReturn to the Central Park Jogger
In 1989, a brutal crime seized the civic imagination of New Yorkers. The victim, an ambitious young investment banker working in the corporate finance department of Solomon Brothers, would simply be...
View ArticleAn International Workshop Series.
CFP: Investigating High-Frequency Trading. Theoretical, social and anthropological perspectives.read more...
View ArticleWoman, coffee, millions? Think again.
In 1992, Stella Liebeck was badly burned when a cup of coffee from McDonalds spilled on her lap.read more...
View ArticleASA award to The Politics of Crowds!
Christian Borch, professor at Copenhagen Business School, has been awarded a prize from the ASA’s theory section for his excellent work in The Politics of Crowds (Cambridge, 2013). The book traces...
View ArticleCapitalizing on Performativity: Paris, 16-17 Oct 2014
Blog readers may be interested in “Capitalizing on Performativity: Performing on Capitalization”, a symposium to be held at the Ecole des Mines de Paris on 16-17 October 2014. Details on purpose,...
View ArticleResearch by Beunza and Millo, in the Wall Street Journal
Here’s some great news. Today the Wall Street Journal is running an article on the research that Yuval and I have been doing for ah⦠a number of of years, on the New York Stock Exchange. read more...
View ArticleâBest valueâ rankings in higher education: bang for buck...
A post written by Dane Pflueger and Tommaso Palermoread more...
View ArticleDonald Mackenzieâs latest in the LRB
In this issue of the London Review of Books, Donald Mackenzie describes the communication technologies that help high frequency traders do their thing (Be Grateful for Drizzle, v. 36:17). After an...
View ArticleMike Power discusses better quality risk management
There are three things wrong. The first is that risk management has become too bureaucratic. It emphasises a controls-based approach, characterised by excessive box-ticking. The second is in the...
View ArticleWorkshop: Markets for Collective Concerns? December 11th and 12th 2014, CBS
See here for more information:read more...
View ArticleSociology of finance in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
What causes asset price bubbles? The paper below (just released) by Sheen Levine and David Stark looks into the issue in an original way. Findings: ethnic homogeneity promotes conformity and leads to...
View ArticleLive streaming right now!
The Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion is live streaming its annual conference from California at this link. The event is being held today and tomorrow. On Twitter at #imtfiread...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren tears into Citigroup
Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks out on the power of the Citigroup lobby in Washington. See it here on HuffPo.read more...
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