Chapter 93 Chapter 7 Market Signals Demystified

Why do stock analysts seldom recommend which company's stock to sell? Why do manufacturers sometimes print words that refer to TV advertisements on print advertisements and the outer packaging of some products? Why do lawyers spend more on cars and clothes than college professors with the same income? Why are there so many mathematical formulas in economics? Why do humanities professors, who are supposed to be better writers than most, often write incomprehensible stuff? Why are nearly brand new used cars so much cheaper than real new cars? Why are Australian films so successful in the US?

Why is it that in baseball, rookie of the year players generally don't perform well the following year? Why does the strategy of firing leaders because of poor organizational performance seem so attractive to the top of organizations? Why do managers tend to overestimate the effectiveness of criticism and underestimate the role of praise? Why do stores put up posters in the windows saying that guide dogs are allowed?