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Issue: Financial decisions

The Issue for week 1

I’ve suggested that the mind is a bit of an improviser: it’s faced with a problem, and it figures out a solution. It’s not actually looking inside itself. There is no hidden mental depth where all the answers live – it’s an improviser.

What are the implications of this in the context of the financial system?

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