Paul Waldman: Conventional financial planning has got it exactly the opposite. It's let's keep your saving on auto pilot, he says. The downside for you when things really go bad is much worse than if they don't - and that would be a big mistake to make according to him.
#329: Have you ever thought about how an economist views financial planning? Would you guess that it's vastly different from how some financial planners approach this work?
Today's guest, Laurence Kotlikoff, is a Professor of Economics at Boston University. The Economist named him one of the world's 25 most influential economists in 2014. Professor Kotlikoff has written 19 books, and hundreds of professional articles and Op-Eds.
He's here to explain why economists take a different view than financial planners on investing, retirement planning, and risk mitigation.
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