Excerpt: On the surge in open offices from The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World. by Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman.  (Behavioral Scientist)

Quote of the Day

"We can never achieve perfection, but we can at least make strides towards reducing all of the unforced errors that is inherent in our wetware."

(Barry Ritholtz)

Chart of the Day

The riskiest emerging market bonds have had a great year-to-date.

(blogs.wsj.com)