Emanuel Derman

(1946) Economist

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Emanuel Derman is an economist.

Quick Facts About Emanuel Derman

Born: July 3, 1946
Profession: Economist

About Emanuel Derman

[Wikidata] South African economist... | [Wikipedia] Emanuel Derman is a South African-born academic, businessman and writer. He is best known as a quantitative analyst, and author of the book My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance.

Quotes by Emanuel Derman

“I don’t judge him now. Like most of us, he wasn’t what he thought he was. But thankfully, for most of us,…

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Betrayal

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“In life there isn’t always such an easy resolution. One has to treat people as responsible for their actions, and yet also…

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Compassion

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“At Columbia and far beyond, T.D. was renowned and celebrated. At the weekly research seminars I attended ... every speaker felt compelled…

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Humiliation

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“Even in the mid-1990s geeks were fair game. One afternoon a colleague and I were standing on either side of one of…

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Excruciating pain

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“I wanted to be Feinberg's student, but I didn't know how to go about it. Since it was premature for formal arrangements…

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Columbia university

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“I once heard [Gerald] Feinberg suggest that many of Manhattan's 1970s social problems could be solved by forbidding anyone who earned less…

Emanuel Derman

Columbia university

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