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Just after 7:30 a.m. on December 11,2008, the year <strong>of</strong> the great stock marketcrash, Dr. Janice Dorn’s phone rang.<strong>The</strong> markets had opened on the EastCoast to another session <strong>of</strong> carnage.Hous<strong>in</strong>g prices were plummet<strong>in</strong>g, creditmarkets were frozen, and GM teeteredon the br<strong>in</strong>k <strong>of</strong> bankruptcy.Dorn took the call from her bedroom,as she <strong>of</strong>ten does, wear<strong>in</strong>g a headsetand perched atop her green duvet. <strong>The</strong>room was decorated sparely. <strong>The</strong> mostcolorful th<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> it was Dorn herself,who, with her flow<strong>in</strong>g red hair, ivorysk<strong>in</strong>, and trim frame, looks like a matureversion <strong>of</strong> Lady Godiva. Dorn has aPhD <strong>in</strong> neuroscience, with a specialty <strong>in</strong>bra<strong>in</strong> anatomy. She’s also an MDtra<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> psychiatry, an active trader<strong>in</strong> the gold futures market, and a “f<strong>in</strong>ancialpsychiatrist” who has counseledan estimated six hundred traders.448/929

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