Scientists on Wall Street (broadcast Friday, March 13th, 2009)

When the market was flying high, many mathematicians and physicists made their way from academia and scientific research to the trading floor. Now that some of their models and equations are being blamed for a role in the economic downturn, are scientists still welcome on Wall Street?

Guests

Andrew Lo
Professor and Director
MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering
MIT Sloan School of Management
Cambridge, Massachusetts

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• NY Times: They Tried To Outsmart Wall Street

Segment produced by:Christopher Intagliata

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