Stuart Vyse is a psychologist and author of Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition which won the William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association. He is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
Quick quiz: What caused the Great Recession of 2008?
OK, I admit it. That’s an unfair question. It was complicated. If you’ve done some homework, you might be able to mumble something about a housing bubble, subprime lending, mortgage-backed securities, credit-default swaps, big banks, irresponsible borrowers, George W. Bush, Barack Obama….