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.

Podcast

A podcast of this event is available to download from the LSE public lectures and events podcasts channel|.

The next lecture in this series is on Tuesday 20 November and is entitled The Psychology of Saving and Investment: Investment for Dummies|.

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