Comments on: Laurie Santos: A monkey economy as irrational as ours https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/08/06/laurie-santos-a-monkey-economy/ Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:59:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Irene Delse https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/08/06/laurie-santos-a-monkey-economy/#comment-521439 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:59:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/08/06/laurie-santos-a-monkey-economy/#comment-521439 So, if we replaced Wall Street analysts with monkeys, we might not very be worse off? What are we waiting then?

]]> By: Charles Sullivan https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/08/06/laurie-santos-a-monkey-economy/#comment-521438 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:18:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/08/06/laurie-santos-a-monkey-economy/#comment-521438 I don’t think the monkeys ever actually lost anything. They always gained something in every trial. Even if it’s just one grape.

I don’t think that’s the case with the humans in all the economic environments mentioned in the piece (home mortgages, etc).

]]> By: gwen https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/08/06/laurie-santos-a-monkey-economy/#comment-521437 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:26:23 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/08/06/laurie-santos-a-monkey-economy/#comment-521437 Fascinating talk. Laurie Santos is also a very good speaker.
Yikes, the monkey in me comes out way more often than I like to think!!

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