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Crazy money breeds new thinking

Economics, Markets, Olefins, Polyolefins
By John Richardson on 24-Jul-2008
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This article from The New Scientist suggests we might have to develop a whole new way of asssesing what drives all commodity markets.

Intuitively, everyone knows that the herd instinct matters. But to measure this mathematically, or statistically, seems a mountainous but fascinating challenge.

At least it will keep the a few academics off the streets for a few years and journalists busy writing articles.