*economic pondering*

I am wondering about the extent to which the kinds of beliefs and attitudes that go into creating and sustaining an economic crisis could be captured psychometrically. That is, could we use the same kinds of survey questions that we use in my academic stuff ("How much do you agree with these statements?") to find out what Wall Street types are thinking and feeling? Whenever the market drops or jumps, there's always speculation in the papers about what must be going through the traders' minds, and so much is riding, for the rest of us, on something so subjective.

Rate My Life Quiz, from jazzerat

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	8.3
Mind:	8.1
Body:	8.2
Spirit:	7.4
Friends/Family:	6.4
Love:	8.2
Finance:	8.8
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

Not much could be done about my family score, I imagine, at this point, but the rest all looks nice.

Meanwhile, I can tell that D. is growing up into a math-guy: He reported at one point that Thor had licked him 283 times today. He had been keeping count.