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Tea for TeachingOpen Exchanges in College ClassroomsIdeally, college classrooms provide students with a comfortable but challenging environment in which diverse ideas and viewpoints are openly exchanged; the reality they experience, though, is often quite different. In this episode, David Laibson joins us to discuss how Harvard University is attempting to identify and address barriers to this ideal.
David is the Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics and a Faculty Dean of Lowell House. He has published dozens of heavily cited articles on a wide range of topics, including behavioral economics, self-regulation, behavior change, household finance, and aging. David is a Research Associate in...
2026-01-0742 min
La vida y el dinero | Finanzas Personales238- Descuento Hiperbólico¿Por qué preferimos una recompensa pequeña hoy en lugar de una mayor mañana?¿Por qué decimos “el lunes empiezo la dieta” y el lunes nunca llega?En este episodio exploramos el descuento hiperbólico, un sesgo cognitivo que afecta cómo tomamos decisiones y cómo valoramos el presente frente al futuro.Hablamos sobre sus orígenes en la psicología y economía conductual, desde los trabajos de George Ainslie y Richard Herrnstein en los años 70, pasando por el modelo formal de Mazur (1987), hasta las aplicaciones económicas de David Laibson (1997).También repasamos...
2025-09-1717 min
Invisible WorkerThe most successful government intervention of all time?Join our community to access bonus content, the full episode archive, and exclusive opportunities to get involved with the show.This episode is around savings, and how saving into a pension was made easier through one small, but significant change in process. Less than 50% of UK workers were saving in a pension prior to 2012, and more than 80% now do - and our guest played a role in helping this change become the default across the UK. What’s the next innovation that will change millions of lives?Show notesA huge th...
2024-07-1641 min
The Great Tech Game Podcast: Geopolitics, Technology, Business and Global Affairs, with Anirudh Suri[Short] Ep 1. Daron Acemoglu, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2024 || India and AI: Opportunities and risks#daronacemoglu #anirudhsuri #nobellaureate #economics Join us for an insightful discussion on India's technological future in this engaging clip. Explore the vast potential India holds as a significant player in the global tech arena, while also confronting the challenges posed by automation and artificial intelligence.Link to the Full Episode: https://youtu.be/FqF5sUI_4jsIn the opening episode of The Great Tech Game podcast, host Anirudh Suri is joined by Daron Acemoglu, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2024, to discuss how nations can succeed in the age of AI.Daron Acemoglu, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2024, is professor of economics at Massachussetts...
2023-11-2602 min
The Great Tech Game Podcast: Geopolitics, Technology, Business and Global Affairs, with Anirudh Suri[Short] Ep 1. Daron Acemoglu, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2024 || Today's Tech Era and the Gilded Age of 1890sJoin Anirudh and Daron Acemoglu, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2024, in this insightful discussion as they delve into the looming specter of a second 'great divergence' fueled by the growing dominance of big tech companies over information, wealth, and power. Drawing parallels with historical precedents from the industrial era, we examine the ramifications of wealth concentration, rising inequality, and control over transformative technologies on society and politics.Link to the Full Episode: https://youtu.be/FqF5sUI_4jsIn the opening episode of The Great Tech Game podcast, host Anirudh Suri is joined by Daron Acemoglu to discuss how nations can...
2023-11-2506 min
The Great Tech Game Podcast: Geopolitics, Technology, Business and Global Affairs, with Anirudh Suri[Short] Ep 1. Daron Acemoglu, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2024 || US vs China: View From the Rest of the WorldLink to the Full Episode: https://youtu.be/FqF5sUI_4jsJoin us for a discussion on the new challenges facing the global economy amidst the ongoing rivalry between the United States and China, particularly in the realm of technology. Explore how countries like Turkey, India, Brazil, France, and others perceive this geopolitical battle and its implications.In the opening episode of The Great Tech Game podcast, host Anirudh Suri is joined by Daron Acemoglu to discuss how nations can succeed in the age of AI.Daron Acemoglu is professor of economics at Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and bestselling...
2023-11-2403 min
The Great Tech Game Podcast: Geopolitics, Technology, Business and Global Affairs, with Anirudh Suri[Short] Ep 1. Daron Acemoglu, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2024 || Will Generative AI Kill Human Creativity?#daronacemoglu #anirudhsuri #greattechgame #tgtgpodcast #nobellaureate Discover the challenges of our modern era, particularly in navigating the complexities of regulating generative AI technologies. Despite the shifting demands in the labor market and the rise of AI. Tune in for an enlightening discourse on the dynamics of technological change and the timeless resilience of the human spirit.Link to the Full Episode: https://youtu.be/FqF5sUI_4jsIn the opening episode of The Great Tech Game podcast, host Anirudh Suri is joined by Daron Acemoglu, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2024, to discuss how nations can succeed in the age of AI.Daron...
2023-11-2304 min
The Great Tech Game Podcast: Geopolitics, Technology, Business and Global Affairs, with Anirudh Suri[Short] Ep 1. Daron Acemoglu, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2024 || How Can Humans Harness Technology Fully?Join us for an enlightening interview where Daron advocates for societal intervention in the advancement of technology, emphasizing its non-deterministic nature and the necessity to prioritize 'pro-human' measures of progress. Link to the Full Episode: https://youtu.be/FqF5sUI_4jsIn the opening episode of The Great Tech Game podcast, host Anirudh Suri is joined by Daron Acemoglu to discuss how nations can succeed in the age of AI.Daron Acemoglu is professor of economics at Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and bestselling author of How Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty (2012) and more recently Power...
2023-11-2204 min
The Great Tech Game Podcast: Geopolitics, Technology, Business and Global Affairs, with Anirudh Suri[Short] Ep 1. Daron Acemoglu, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2024, Explains || Will AI Sideline Humans?Join us for an insightful conversation as Anirudh & Daron delves into the pressing challenge facing humanity in the rapidly advancing era of Artificial Intelligence and automation. Discover the fear of irrelevance gripping society and the critical role of collective decision-making in shaping the future of technology.Link to the Full Episode: https://youtu.be/FqF5sUI_4jsIn the opening episode of The Great Tech Game podcast, host Anirudh Suri is joined by Daron Acemoglu to discuss how nations can succeed in the age of AI.Daron Acemoglu is professor of economics at Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and bestselling...
2023-11-2203 min
The Long ViewJames Choi: How to Improve the Way We Present and Make Investment ChoicesOur guest this week is James Choi. Dr. Choi is a professor of finance at the Yale School of Management, where he teaches and conducts research on behavioral finance and economics, household finance, and sociology, among other topics. He is a two-time recipient of the TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award for outstanding scholarly writing on lifelong financial security, and his work on automatic enrollment into retirement plans has had a major influence on retirement plan policy and design. Dr. Choi is a co-director of the Retirement and Disability Research Center at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an...
2023-04-0448 min
unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc260. Leading Decision Factory feat. Max H. Bazerman & Don A. MooreOrganizational leaders can use the power of behavioral economics to not only make better decisions themselves, but by leading their employees, their customers, and their stakeholders to make wiser decisions, make the company more effective, and also make society better off as a result.Max H. Bazerman is Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and the Co-Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Don A. Moore is Professor in Leadership and Communication at Berkeley Haas and serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Their most recent book “Decision Leadership: Em...
2023-03-1756 min
Chatter#204 - Professor Daron Acemoglu - Why Nations Fail Part 2: Building A Better System [Live]Why Nations Fail is one of the best books I have read all year. Authors Acemoglu and Robinson insist that "development differences across countries are exclusively due to differences in political and economic institutions, and reject other theories that attribute some of the differences to culture, weather, geography or lack of knowledge about the best policies and practices. For example, "Soviet Russia generated rapid growth as it caught up rapidly with some of the advanced technologies in the world [but] was running out of steam by the 1970s" because of a lack of creative destruction.
Daron Acemoglu is the Institute...
2021-10-2757 min
Fruitful ConversationsEpisode 19 - Tim Houlihan - Behavioural GroovingTim Houlihan is the guy you want to be seated next to at a dinner party. The sort of man you can talk to for a long time about a lot of things. So when I saw him described as a thirsty explorer with a passion for applying knowledge to improving life, well, I had to have him on the show.Tim is not only a talented singer/songwriter, but the founder of BehaviorAlchemy, and co host on the excellent podcast Behavioral Grooves, where loads of smart guests are invited to explain why we do w...
2021-01-2149 min
Positive Enterprise ValueDavid Laibson, Harvard ProfessorFind out what David's passions are, his thoughts on what is (and what is your) "unlearning" as we think about cognitive biases that negatively affect Owner- Manager good decision making. We also discuss why, as a senior professor, he lives in an undergraduate residence hall, and what his professional life may look like ten years from now.
2019-10-2457 min
PNAS Science SessionsIncentivizing positive behaviorsDavid Laibson describes how behavioral economics can help incentivize positive behaviors.
2019-06-1005 min
AARP Washington State PodcastRetirement Saving Advice from HarvardWould you like advice on your retirement savings from the Chair of the Economics Department at Harvard? In this episode, Dr. David Laibson tells how to build your financial resources, the principles he uses to help manage Harvard's employee pension fund, and how we as a society can make it easier for everyone to build a nest egg.
2019-02-1340 min
Freakonomics Radio“Tell Me Something I Don't Know” on the topic of Behavior Change (Special Feature)Stephen J. Dubner hosts an episode full of the world's most renowned behavior change experts, including Colin Camerer, Ayelet Fishbach, David Laibson, Max Bazerman, Katy Milkman, and Kevin Volpp. Angela Duckworth (psychologist and author of Grit) is our special guest co-host, with Mike Maughan (head of global insights at Qualtrics) as real-time fact-checker. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2017-10-0154 min
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Research Focus Moral Behavior (LMU) - HDHyperbolic Discounting: Theory and Evidence of Imperfect WillpowerSpätestens seit Aristoteles gehören Fragen des Charakters und der Moral zu den Grundlagen der Ethik. Die Psychologie, und hier vor allem die Entwicklungspsychologie, interessiert sich für die emotionale, moralische und soziale Entwicklung bei Kindern und untersucht die Entstehung von Altruismus, Empathie und prosozialem Verhalten. Und auch in der Volkswirtschaftslehre spielt die Motivation von Entscheidungen traditionell eine große Rolle, deren Durchdringung es erlaubt, das Menschenbild hinter ökonomischen Modellen besser zu verstehen. Für die Rechtswissenschaft sind moralphilosophische Fragen insofern von Bedeutung, als sie die Grundlage für die Bindungs- und Geltungskraft von Gesetzen bilden. In diesem Schwerpunkt adressi...
2016-12-081h 45
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Research Focus Moral Behavior (LMU) - SDHyperbolic Discounting: Theory and Evidence of Imperfect WillpowerSpätestens seit Aristoteles gehören Fragen des Charakters und der Moral zu den Grundlagen der Ethik. Die Psychologie, und hier vor allem die Entwicklungspsychologie, interessiert sich für die emotionale, moralische und soziale Entwicklung bei Kindern und untersucht die Entstehung von Altruismus, Empathie und prosozialem Verhalten. Und auch in der Volkswirtschaftslehre spielt die Motivation von Entscheidungen traditionell eine große Rolle, deren Durchdringung es erlaubt, das Menschenbild hinter ökonomischen Modellen besser zu verstehen. Für die Rechtswissenschaft sind moralphilosophische Fragen insofern von Bedeutung, als sie die Grundlage für die Bindungs- und Geltungskraft von Gesetzen bilden. In diesem Schwerpunkt adressi...
2016-12-0800 min
VoxTalk VaultsThe psychology of savings and investmentDavid Laibson interviewed by Romesh Vaitilingam, 02 January 2009
We need a combination of psychology and economics to understand people's savings and investment decisions, says David Laibson of Harvard University in an interview with Romesh Vaitilingam. We can then build institutions that help people do what they want to do. The interview was recorded at the Centre for Economic Performance in London, where Laibson was delivering the Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures in November 2007.
2009-01-0217 min
Autumn 2007 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Psychology of Saving and Investment: Sticky Biases and the Curse of EducationContributor(s): Professor David Laibson | Over three lectures, David Laibson will challenge many standard assumptions in economics and show how a combination of psychology and economics can better predict behaviour.David Laibson is professor of economics at Harvard University.
2007-11-211h 18Autumn 2007 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Psychology of Saving and Investment: Investment for DummiesContributor(s): Professor David Laibson | Over three lectures, David Laibson will challenge many standard assumptions in economics and show how a combination of psychology and economics can better predict behaviour. David Laibson is professor of economics at Harvard University.
2007-11-201h 12Autumn 2007 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Psychology of Saving and Investment: Intertemporal ChoiceContributor(s): Professor David Laibson | Over three lectures, David Laibson will challenge many standard assumptions in economics and show how a combination of psychology and economics can better predict behaviour.David Laibson is professor of economics at Harvard University.
2007-11-191h 13