Psychology

U.K. Shedding Brokers (The New York Observer)

9 Jul 2008

Across the pond, as many as 15,000 real estate brokers could be out of work by the end of 2008, the Wall Street Journal reports this morning . That's roughly 5 percent of the United Kingdom's 300,000 brokers. The cause? High seller expectations and buyer skittishness. Things aren't as bad in the U.K. as in the U.S., but the psychology of home-hunting, like here, has changed. Mr. ...

Simon Jenkins: Where Are the Economists? (HuffingtonPost)

9 Jul 2008

Economics has long been oversold as a science, when it is rather a branch of psychology, a study of the peculiarities of human nature, thus converting micro-economics into macro has always been a dangerous game.

Psychology Degrees Through Online Education (Carteret County News-Times)

9 Jul 2008

(ARA) - According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 40 percent of psychologists are self-employed, with clinical psychologists earning anywhere from $50,000 to over $100,000. The average salary for a psychology professor was $82, 554 for the academic year of 2005-2006, according to the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.