What We Don't Know About Gambling, but Should

Chronicle of Higher Education by Alan Wolfe | Oct. 11, 2007 (Opinion)

Do religion and gambling both flourish wherever uncertainty exists? That, it seems to me, is a worthwhile question for scholars to ponder. Full Story »

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 by Julian Friedland - Oct. 12, 2007

A provocative question. I only wish there had been more analysis of this subject--and quite possibly neurosis--worthy of a mind like Freud or Jung. Do other cultures gamble as much? It may have something to do with the American Dream, which embraces risk.

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