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Market volatility is here to stay, but high-frequency trading not all bad

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imageGet used to it...Brendan McDermid/Reuters

The volatility on global equity markets in August was at its highest since 2011. On Black Monday (August 24, 2015), the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by more than 1,000 points and the S&P500 index plummeted 5.3% in the first four minutes after the opening. During the first 30 minutes, more than two...

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Is there a moral centre in our brain?

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imageSome argue that morality is everywhere, or maybe nowhere, in our brain.Martin Deutsch/Flickr, CC BY

Making moral decisions is a complex process. We have to think about the consequences of our actions for ourselves (will I go to jail?), others (will this person suffer as a consequence of my decision?), and society at large (does society benefit from...

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