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Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception by George A. Akerlof My rating: 4 of 5 stars They come in your email, those promises that look too good to be true. Like the one from a lawyer in Nairobi, the widow of a high-placed Government official from Uganda, the U.S. Army Sergeant in Afghanistan, even from Director James Comey of the FBI; all pledging hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars just for the taking. By now you know the scam, called phishing, well enough to disregard them without even opening the emails. George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller, both Co-Winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics in different years and professors of Economics at prestigious Ivy League universities, have taken the notion of phishing and moved it to the area of economics in their 288 hardcover “Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception.” This disarming title covers a fairly technical dossier purportedly for non-technical readers, “consumers…b...

Sunday morning: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble (Psalm 46.1). O Lord God, who rules in heaven and on earth, who directs orbits and oceans, governs harvests and hailstorms, who fashions the heart of all people and observes all their deeds (Psalm 33.15), who can set every man against his neighbor (Zechariah 8.10) but can also make wars to cease to the ends of the earth (Psalm 46.9); through your Son, Jesus Christ, you reconciled to yourself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace through the blood of his cross (Colossians 1.20). Attend to our prayers as we seek your face and intercede on behalf of your Church and world. For your church all around this globe, and around the OKC area, such as: Northwest Baptist Church; Northwest Christian Church; Oak Dale Baptist Church; Oakcrest Church of Christ; Oaktree Assembly of God; and Oasis Church; we pray: guide her leaders, heal her divisions, reclaim her waywardness, right her wrongheaded...