Stock traders used to spend the entire day on the floor of an exchange, shouting out offers to buy or sell. But digital trading has transformed what was once a physical, blue-collar job. We explore how technology is changing the trading floor -- and the American workplace at large.
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Tech Tuesday: The Changing Workplace for Traders
Listen Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007 at 12:06 p.m. in Science, Society, Tech Tuesday, Technology
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Guests
Caitlin Zaloom
Author, "Out of the Pits: Traders and Technology from Chicago to London" (U. Chicago Press); Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University
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