Sep 8, 2015

This podcast focuses on one the most important problems in analytic research - the development of biased analysis by researchers.  In the podcast, Kurt first highlights the problem by describing an internal debate among economists regarding their own biases and how it is connected to their research.  With this debate...

Sep 8, 2015

Health reform comes with many new rules for actuaries. It also brings actuaries unstructured challenges, such as providing an opinion on whether a particular program saves money. While actuaries have advantages over other professions for such problems, traditional approaches can easily lead the actuary astray. Hear...