Hersh Shefrin and Meir Statman discuss the global financial crisis and the extent to which psychological pitfalls were the root cause of the crisis. They also present some lessons learned and the suitability of various regulatory reform proposals.

This is an archived recording of a live webinar that was held on 13 October 2009 and is based on the following May/June 2009 Financial Analysts Journal article: “Regulating Financial Markets: Protecting Us from Ourselves and Others” by Meir Statman.

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