Nate Silver, founder of the popular data-driven news and analysis website FiveThirtyEight, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard H. Thaler come together for a wide-ranging conversation. In his most recent publication, On the Edge, Silver explores how we live in a new age of decision making — from poker players and hedge fund managers to crypto speculators and AI investors, professional risk takers determine the future of global finance, technology, and power. Originally published in 1992, Thaler’s The Winner’s Curse introduced readers to behavioral economics by presenting a series of Anomalies, empirical findings that challenged the traditional economics assumption that people are selfish rational optimizers. Now, three decades later, Thaler teams with UChicago colleague Alex Imas for a republication of the seminal book to see whether the original challenges have held up, and to explore how the field has evolved. Together, Thaler and Silver explore the nature of decision making in today's economy and in our new era of risk.

A book signing will follow this event.

This event is presented in partnership with Illinois Tech and as part of the annual Karla Scherer Endowed Lecture Series.

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