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"Robert J. Shiller, Co-Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics" "Winner of the 2000 Commonfund Prize for the Best Contribution to Endowment Management Research" Robert J. Shiller, the recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in economics, is a bestselling author, a regular contributor to the Economic View column of the New York Times, and a professor of economics at Yale University. For more information, please go to www.irrationalexuberance.com. Why...

"Justice and transparency of information is the most efficient way to realize trade but there was really only one rule on Wall Street, "buyer beware". For Wall Street bankers an important condition of their success was confidentiality and measured control of information. One man, a Mr. Dow responded to this problem by establishing the Dow Jones Index. He believed information was key to shedding some light on Wall Street." -- Publisher.