Shlomo Benartzi begins his talk by outlining three things that we as a people are not doing well. What are these three things? D
o you agree or disagree with his evaluation of these things? What is behavioral finance? What does behavioral finance have to do with personal and family finance?
What are some of the behavioral obstacles that influence personal finance as described by Benartzi?
What is Benartzi’s solution to all of these behavioral challenges that effect personal finance? How does improved personal finance benefit the economy in general?
Based on what Davidson says, how would you describe the term ’fiscal cliff’?
Davidson describes two fundamentally different economic philosophies that both impact the debt crisis that the US faces. What are these philosophies? Do you agree with one more than the other?
