mercredi 2 avril 2014

Even guidelines could be deadly: betablockers

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryhusten/2014/01/15/medicine-or-mass-murder-guideline-based-on-discredited-research-may-have-caused-800000-deaths-in-europe-over-the-last-5-years/

Survival in a brave world was stronger than cheap money

http://snbchf.com/economic-theory/how-austrian-economists-got-the-recovery-wrong/


In the aftermaths of the crisis businesses feared more to die them they were tempted to use the cheap money central banks are printing!
That's neuro  economics.

Deflation is a fact in the euro zone but large heterogeneity impedes ECB to act


EURO ZONEFebruary producer price index fell 0.2% on the month and 1.7% on the year against expectations of no change and down 1.7% respectively.
Euro-zone producer prices were falling at their fastest rate in February since December 2009. With pipeline inflation exerting downward pressure and consumer prices already low – the most recent release showed they were running at an annual 0.5% pace – the European Central Bank will have plenty of reason to worry about deflation. But with the region’s economy picking up, expectations are for the ECB’s policymakers to sit on their hands until at least the summer. (AM)

Procrastinators and the need of emotional coaching


Procrastination and the Priority of Short-Term Mood Regulation: Consequences for Future Self

  1. Fuschia Sirois1,† and
  2. Timothy Pychyl2
Article first published online: 7 FEB 2013
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12011
Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volume 7Issue 2pages 115–127February 2013

Author Information

  1. 1
     Bishop’s University
  2. 2
     Carleton University
 
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