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Study: At most a third of us show a consistent approach to financial riskEmpirically rich new study finds most people alter their risk-management approach depending on the type of financial decision.

3 Questions: Ricardo Caballero on the search for safe investmentsEconomist believes structural problem underlying financial crisis is ‘worse than ever’

3 Questions: Roberto Rigobon on world marketsMIT expert in international economics surveys a month of turmoil.

Waste-conversion startup Sanergy bowls over competitionWild-card entry takes top prize in $100K Business Plan Competition

3 Questions: Liquidity lessonsEconomist Bengt Holmstrom on the problems of borrowing and lending in a post-crash world, and the role of government in responding to crises

When a little knowledge really is dangerousMIT Sloan professor on the ‘arms race’ between investors trying to understand financial products, and the firms trying to confuse them.