Religion Princeton sociologist Viviana Zelizer has detailed in her book “Morals and Markets,” for a long time life insurance failed to thrive in the U.S. because people didn’t like the idea of placing a value on human life, and wives often felt as if they were betting on the deaths of their husbands. Life insurance…

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NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research nber.org 1938 – NBER – Some Theoretical Problems Suggested by the Movements of Interest Rates, Bond Yields and Stock Prices in the United States since 1856, by Frederick R. Macaulay – [link] 1989 – NBER – How Rational is the Purchase of Life Insurance? – Auerbach, Kotlikoff – 47p…

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Economics Economic Advice: Versatile Tool for Life Insurance Management Eleanor S. Daniel Business Economics Vol. 5, No. 4 (September 1970), pp. 73-76 (4 pages) Published By: Palgrave Macmillan Journals

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Academic Scholars Joseph Belth Brenda Cude Stephen D’Arcy Mark Dorfman OC Ferrell Shauna Ferris Martin Grace Sandra Gustavson Gary Gorton Scott Harrington Solomon S. Huebner Jacob Jacoby Spencer Kimball – Law Robert W. Klein Jeremy Kress – Law Thomas S Kuhn – Philosphy David R Lange Patricia McCoy – Law Robert Mehr Barry S. Mulholland…

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Academic Papers 1900-1959 1905 – AP – The Cost of Life Insurance, Allan H. Willett – 25p 1928 – AP – The Investment Element in Life-Insurance Contracts – Business, by S. H. Nerlove – 22p  1929 – AP – The Life Insurance Actuary and his Mathematics – Math, by Raymond V. Carpenter – 9p  1941…

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Academic – Snippets The Mechanics of Universal Life Policies Once the policy is activated, the term policy and the accumulation account each operate independently. 1985 – AP – Universal / Variable Life Insurance Policy Purchase Decisions, Stephen P. D’Arcy and Keun Chang Lee – 58p The interest rate sensitivity of UL policy cash values, amplified…

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Organized Crime Mafia 1967 – DOJ – Task Force Report: Organized Crime, Annotations and Consultants’ Papers, US Department of Justice – 135p  1971 – ABA – The Forum – index to volumes I-ix  – The Mobster and His Life Insurance— Misrepresentation of Occupation as Ground for Avoiding a Life Insurance Policy, Vol. VI, No. 2,…

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Scholars – Academic, Insurance, Legal Academic Scholars / Academic Papers  Brenda Cude – Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics Stephen D’Arcy – Business OC Ferrell – Marketing Shauna Ferris – Actuarial Martin Grace Gary Gorton Scott Harrington Jacob Jacoby – Marketing William Jewell – Operations Research Thomas S Kuhn – Philosophy Barry S. Mulholland Sharon Ann…

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Academic Fields <Bonk: Adapted from Wikipedia page List of Academic Fields> Humanities History Linguistics and languages Semantics Philosophy Epistemology Philosophy of Science Religion / Divinity Social Sciences Economics  Behavioral Economics Econometrics Information Economics Law and Economics Organizational Studies Decision Science Political science Psychology Consumer Psychology Sociology Criminology Formal Sciences Computer Science Information Science Logic Mathematics…

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