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RIMS 2011 Wrap Up

by Jared Wade on May 6, 2011 · 0 comments

It was an exhilarating, educational, exciting and eye-opening week for those of us who enjoyed RIMS 2011 in Vancouver throughout the past week. Having made the long journey back to New York yesterday, I sit here today leafing through my notes from great conversations, thinking back upon the events I attended and appreciating all the [...]

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Stephen Dubner, author of Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics, proved he is an interesting and extremely intelligent individual with the publication of his two books, which explore the hidden side of everything, from cheating teachers, bizarre baby names, self-dealing realtors, and crack-selling mama’s boys. Crazy, but smart. The staff of Risk Management are fans of Dubner and [...]

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Geoengineering in regards to the environment and climate change has increasingly been gaining mainstream interest over the past year after spending most of its days mired in obscurity or outright condemnation. I’ve personally written about it twice in the past few months both in regards to Bill Gates’ discussion on thwarting hurricanes and SuperFreakonomics‘ assertion [...]

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