Imagine you've lost your job. You have some money saved, and a chance to double it with a gamble.

假设你丢了工作，但有些积蓄，并有机会赌一把将这些钱翻倍。

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Luckily for the financial sector, the banks have access to free money provided by the Federal Reserve to gamble with.

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Experimental evidence suggests that people are more willing to gamble with money they consider house money.

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You might see him take the money he has won and put it in one pocket and put the money he brought with him to gamble that evening (yet another mental account) into a different pocket.

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