Make Personal Finance Work for Everyone with J. Campbell & T. Ramadorai | Markus Academy | Ep. 152

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On Monday, October 27, John Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on their book, Fixed: Why Personal Finance is Broken and How to Make It Work for Everyone. Campbell is the Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Ramadorai is Professor of Financial Economics at Imperial College London. Introductory remarks by Markus Brunnermeier.

Timestamps:
[6:12] The problem
[38:45] The specifics: what goes wrong in personal finance
[48:02] Solutions: shove, don't just nudge
[1:04:49] A new vision: a personal finance “starter kit”