Managing Risk in a More Uncertain World: What We Can Learn from Surfers, Studs, and Sexworkers

Allison Schrager

Monday, 17 Feb 2020 at 7:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union

Allison Schrager is an economist, award-winning journalist at Quartz, and author of An Economist Walks into a Brothel. She has spent her career examining how people manage risk in their lives and careers and will discuss five principles for dealing with risk shared by some of the world’s most interesting risk takers. Schrager has worked in finance, policy, and media and currently teaches at New York University. She is also cofounder of LifeCycle Finance Partners, LLC, a risk advisory firm that develops innovative technology solutions to finance retirement.
Allison Schrager has been a regular contributor to The Economist, Reuters, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Her writing has also appeared in Playboy, Wired, and Foreign Affairs. Previously, she led retirement product innovation at Dimensional Fund Advisors, and she has consulted to international organizations, including the OECD and IMF.

She has a PhD in economics from Columbia University.

Cosponsored By:
  • Economics
  • Economics Club
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
Share
Share
Set a Reminder
Add to Calendar
Sign-ins after Event

Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.

Sign-ins are after the event concludes. For lectures in the Memorial Union, go to the information desk in the Main Lounge. In other academic buildings, look for signage outside the auditorium.

Lecture Etiquette

  • Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
  • Do not bring food or uncovered drinks into the lecture.
  • Check with Lectures staff before taking photographs or recording any portion of the event. There are often restrictions. Cell phones, tablets and laptops may be used to take notes or for class assignments.
  • Keep questions or comments brief and concise to allow as many as possible.