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August 18, 2019: Risk & Reason

August 18 at 5pm:

Discourse Disruptors: Risk & Reason

What happens when an economist walks into a brothel? In this episode, economist and author Allison Schrager talks with host John Donvan about her new book, “An Economist Walks Into a Brothel,” and how you can use reason to assess risk in your everyday life.

About Discourse Disruptors

America feels divided. Hyper-partisanship and polarization are rampant. And we’ve forgotten how to talk to each other. Intelligence Squared U.S. is tackling the state of American public discourse head-on. In this special interview series, our host John Donvan sits down with the sharpest minds shaping our national discourse today. From the academy to the media to the world of politics, these top thinkers are disrupting American discourse in bold new ways. And we’re asking them how they do it.

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