How I Become a Research Assistant in Retirement Savings

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I think the genesis of how I ended up in this field is that I've always been really fascinated by human behavior. In middle school, I thought that I was interested in psychology. And then you know I was reasonably good at math and so I thought well economics is kind of like psychology with math using math to model human behavior. That was kind of a path into the finance but there were providential events that occurred along the way that brought me into the field.

Are Christians called to navigate their finances differently from everyone else? Are the oft-repeated directives to save aggressively and avoid all debt either scriptural or wise? Is it possible that spiritual wisdom and practical wisdom are sometimes one and the same? Join David and Curtis in this excellent discussion with James Choi, Professor of Finance at Yale. As a Christian and a behavioral economist, James brings both spiritual and practical wisdom to the area of personal finance and exposes where some of our most popular financial gurus might be giving us poor advice.

Show Notes:

-Derek Thompson (The Atlantic) - All the Personal-Finance Books Are Wrong

-Greg Rosalsky (Planet Money) - An economist studied popular finance tips. Some might be leading you astray

-Why I am a Christian (James Choi)

Follow Curtis’ work at RedeemingBabel.org

Produced by Kris Carter