Democracy Café

Peter Atwater, a sought after financial consultant, and author of the acclaimed book 'Moods and Markets,' believes that moods drive the market rather than the other way around. Right now, Americans are at an ebb in confidence. And yet, he asserts what FDR did -- namely that 'the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.' To Peter -- a fellow William & Mary graduate who now teaches there, and whose commentary frequently appears on CNBC, Bloomberg, in Wall Street Journal, TIME, and Financial Times (among others) -- the challenge in times of low confidence, is to recognize that our craving for certainty and control is innately biological and impacts our cognitive capabilities in helping people help each other, in those moments of great despair, to be hopeful and confident. Listen in to Peter's array of keen and entwined financial and sociopolitical insights.' (Peter's website is Financial-Insyghts.com)