The Hour Between Dog And Wolf: Risk-taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust

In this time of financial crisis, a brilliant new perspective on the irrational behaviour that dominates the trading floor and its ramifications for the rest of us. Neuroscientist and former Wall Street trader John Coates here explains how we think with our body as well as our brain; when we take risks at work, in sport, on the battlefield, and the financial markets. Could the biological responses to making and losing money trigger the extreme reactions that regularly destabilise the global econ