Selected Essays: Subprime Crisis

• Fall 2009: The Great Recession: Vision Problems of the Experts and Concepts Useful in Avoiding Such Debacles
• Spring 2009: Subprime Crisis Strategic Decision-Making: A Discussion of What Went Wrong and Strategies to Deal with It
• Fall 2008: Developing Policy for Dealing with the Subprime Crisis: A Matter of Justice
• Spring 2008: Panic Doesn't Help - Strategy Does: A Personal Perspective
• Fall 2007: Don't Panic Yet

A common core called the Wisdom Series , initially five essays, but it was supplemented into the following cluster:

• Winter 2004: Preface to Wisdom Series
• Winter 2004: Thinking Changes Over Time
• Spring 2005: The Mind, Brain and Heart: A Paradigm for Predicting Outcomes
• Summer 2005: Visions and Values: Western and Islamic Heritages
• Winter 2005: Institutional Reform to Reflect Our Values: Part I: The Current Situation
• Spring 2006: Institutional Reform to Reflect Our Values: Part II: Moving Toward a Solution
• Summer 2006: Education -- The Notion Potion
• Winter 2006: Developing a Strategy to Change Academic Behavior

Dealing with a changing environment can be more successful if appropriate strategies are used. Studying real estate is especially worthwhile because the underlying concepts may be easier to see that in some other endeavors, and are applicable to other endeavors. Here is a selection of essays focused on real estate:

• Spring 1997: Paradigm Shift by Maury Seldin
• Winter 2001: The Benefits of Investment by Maury Seldin
• Winter 2001: Some Thoughts On Diversification
• Winter 2003: The Institute's Real Estate Investment Strategy
• Fall 1995: A Vision of an Analytical System: A Portfolio Investor's Perspective for Real Estate Investment Analyses by Maury Selding
• Winter 2002: Enhancing the Quality of Real Estate Decisions Through a Liberal Education by Maury Selding - Part I
• Winter 2002: Emergence of a Flow of Funds Research Consortium - Part II

Here is a sequence dealing with real estate as a discpline and some strategic approaches:

• Fall 2003: Real Estate in 3D: The Development of a Discipline Drama
• Summer 2004: Transitions
• Winter 2004: Discipline Development: Summary of Some Key Points

Next are some essays with a broader focus, the last of which is a link to dealing with the current debacle in its global perspective:

• Fall 2002: Rules, Tools and Fools: Those Who are Aware, Repair the World
• Spring 2003: Roots of Modern Discipline by Maury Seldin
• Spring 2004: The Collective Mind
• Spring 2007: Emergence of a New Age of Enlightenment