In this section of the interview, David Laibson states that there will never be a deterministic model that can predict human behavior in respect to economics with certainty. He also states that we would be able to predict events twenty years into the future with certainty. If I had conducted the interview, I think one of the questions I would've asked is "How might individual risk preference, if able, be incorporated into predictive models to increase our understanding of market behavior and consumer choices?
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