The General Semantics of Wall Street

Among the great questions of our times are: "Why do people, knowing better, get themselves into such terrible situations?" and "Why aren't we able to use our own intelligence more effectively? The field of study called General Semantics is concerned with how people perceive the world around them and how they adapt to or cope with their environment. It is a subject much broader then the stock market, and for that matter, much broader than material considerations; for it involves emotional an...