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Traders aren't wired like us
Two experienced forensic experts working on an executive MBA thesis at a Swiss university devised computer simulations and intelligence tests to measure the egotism of 28 professional financial traders and to check their willingness to cooperate with others. They discovered that the share traders were both more reckless and more manipulative than psychopaths. The thesis adds to a significant and growing body of evidence, both anecdotal and scientific, that financial traders are not wired like the rest of us, and they may have more in common with psychopaths than ordinary people. But the academic community and media ... (full story)
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