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The Economics of Uncertainty

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Learn how to cope with economic uncertainty and risk in these 24 advice-filled lectures from a master economist.

Syllabus

01: Man, Nature, and Economic Uncertainty
02: Turning Uncertainty into Risk
03: Five Ways to Face the Unknown
04: Probability: Frequency or Belief?
05: How We Misjudge Likelihood and Risk
06: The Reward in Risk
07: Decision Science Tools
08: Gambling Economics
09: Game Theory: Reveal or Conceal?
10: Adverse Selection: Hiding in Plain Sight
11: Moral Hazard: Whom Do You Trust?
12: The Principal-Agent Problem: When Mice Play
13: Compensation Traps
14: Caring, Sharing, and Risk Bearing
15: Mayhem! Insurance Protection
16: Uncertainty in the Numbers
17: The Business Cycle's Wheel of Fortune
18: The Danger of Inflation
19: Extreme Markets
20: Regulation, Innovation, Excess
21: Global Trade in Employment
22: No Limits to Growth
23: Hedging Business and Personal Risks
24: Stress Testing Your Finances
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Connel Fullenkamp

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