On Friday, November 9th, one of the founders of behavioral economics and neuroeconomics, Dr. George Loewenstein, will be giving an open lecture at UAB. Loewenstein has been extremely influential within his field and is one of the most well-known contemporary economists today. I'd like to encourage all members of the philosophy club to attend this lecture, as an opportunity like this is rare.
Here is more information about the lecture:
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George Loewenstein,
Carnegie Mellon University
The Economist as Therapist:
Methodological Ramifications of
‘Light’ Paternalism
Friday November 9, 2007, at 3 pm
105 Business-Engineering Complex
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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About the speaker: George Loewenstein is the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Economics and Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1985 and since then has held academic positions at The University of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University, and fellowships at Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, The Russell Sage Foundation and The Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin. He is one of the founders of the field of behavioral economics and more recently of the new field of neuroeconomics. Loewenstein's research focuses on applications of psychology to economics, and his specific interests include decision making over time, bargaining and negotiations, psychology and health, law and economics, the psychology of adaptation, the role of emotion in decision making, the psychology of curiosity, conflict of interest, and "out of control" behaviors such as impulsive violent crime and drug addiction. He has published over 100 journal articles, numerous book chapters, and has edited 6 books on topics ranging from intertemporal choice to behavioral economics to emotions.
Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Finance,
Economics, and Quantitative Methods at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
George Loewenstein,
Carnegie Mellon University
The Economist as Therapist:
Methodological Ramifications of
‘Light’ Paternalism
Friday November 9, 2007, at 3 pm
105 Business-Engineering Complex
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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About the speaker: George Loewenstein is the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Economics and Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1985 and since then has held academic positions at The University of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University, and fellowships at Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, The Russell Sage Foundation and The Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin. He is one of the founders of the field of behavioral economics and more recently of the new field of neuroeconomics. Loewenstein's research focuses on applications of psychology to economics, and his specific interests include decision making over time, bargaining and negotiations, psychology and health, law and economics, the psychology of adaptation, the role of emotion in decision making, the psychology of curiosity, conflict of interest, and "out of control" behaviors such as impulsive violent crime and drug addiction. He has published over 100 journal articles, numerous book chapters, and has edited 6 books on topics ranging from intertemporal choice to behavioral economics to emotions.
Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Finance,
Economics, and Quantitative Methods at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
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