ESP Biography



CHARLIE RAFKIN, MIT PhD student in Economics




Major: Economics

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: G

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Past Classes

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Z12712: Temptation! How Behavioral Economics Can Help You Make Better Choices in Splash 2018 (Nov. 17 - 18, 2018)
Would you rather do your chores today or tomorrow? Ever eat too many cookies, even though you know you'll feel sick afterwards? It turns out psychologists and economists have found a broad set of situations where people want one thing now that they wouldn't want later, and it's possible to study this phenomenon scientifically. In this class, you'll found out what biases you have and how science can help you rein them in.