Evil Wall Street tricks can be used for good (Op-ed)
Evil Wall Street tricks can be used for good (Op-ed)
- February 12, 2013
- An op-ed by James Weatherall is featured in USA Today February 12, 2013
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From USA Today:
High-frequency, automated trading on Wall Street has developed a bad reputation.
It has been blamed for either causing or amplifying market instability, including
the 2007-08 crisis and the 2010 flash crash. But the criticism has obscured an important
point: Similar computer-driven analysis could also be used to improve policymaking
in ways that would improve economic growth and make markets more stable….James Owen
Weatherall is assistant professor of logic and philosophy of science at the University
of California-Irvine, and the author of The Physics of Wall Street.
For the full story, please visit http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/02/12/evil-wall-street-tricks....
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