Lars Peter Hansen on Risk, Ambiguity, and Measurement
Lars Peter Hansen on Risk, Ambiguity, and Measurement  
Podcast: EconTalk
Published On: Mon Jun 30 2014
Description: Lars Peter Hansen of the University of Chicago and Nobel Laureate in economics, talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the power and limits of economic models and quantitative methods. Hanson defends the value of models while recognizing their limitations. The two also discuss quantifying systemic financial risk, how our understanding of financial markets has changed, the nature of risk, and areas of economics that Hanson believes are ripe for further research.