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18. “Insurance Is Sexy.” Discuss.

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Mar 23, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 1min
2
Risky Business by Amy Finkelstein
01:27 • 2min
3
How Many Types of Insurance Do You Have?
03:33 • 2min
4
Why Selection Is So Important in Insurance Markets
05:23 • 6min
5
Is the Affordable Care Act a Good Idea?
11:19 • 2min
6
How Much Does Health Insurance in the US Become Perverted?
13:03 • 2min
7
Can't Predict a Major Medical Expense?
15:15 • 2min
8
Divorce Insurance - What Isn't?
17:01 • 3min
9
Is There a Way to Recast Divorce Insurance?
19:46 • 2min
10
Life Insurance and Annuities Are Plagued by Selection Problems
21:22 • 2min
11
I Can't Ask You, if You Were a Life Insurer
23:02 • 4min
12
Why African Americans Pay Less Life Insurance Than White Americans
26:36 • 2min
13
The Unexpected Consequences of Post-Disaster Policies
28:21 • 3min
14
Risky Business by Amy Finkelstein
31:35 • 3min
15
What to Do About This Failure in the Insurance Markets?
34:28 • 3min
16
What's the Government's Perspective on Insurance?
37:39 • 3min
17
Is Social Security Really Insurance?
40:18 • 2min
18
Healthcare and Health Insurance Markets
42:06 • 3min
19
Do You Think Universal Health Insurance in the United States Stand Any Kind of Real Chance?
45:18 • 2min
20
Are You Underinsured?
47:33 • 3min
21
Freakonomics Radio
50:33 • 2min