Co-Founder, mita.
Sendhil Mullainathan
Co-Founder, mita.
Sendhil Mullainathan is a professor of computing and data science whose research focuses on how behavioral insights can influence policies and practices.
Global Business / Economy
Is Behavioral Economics Actually Helping People Make Better Financial Decisions — or Just Giving Institutions Smarter Tools to Exploit the Same Weaknesses?Is behavioral economics helping people make smarter financial choices, or handing institutions sharper tools to exploit the same biases? Dan Ariely, Nobel laureate Richard Thaler, and Sendhil Mullainathan debate whether the field empowers consumers or arms predatory design.