# Why we take financial risks

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxSydney
- Speaker: Elise Payzan-LeNestour
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Economics, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/elise_payzan_lenestour_why_we_take_financial_risks)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

An awareness of risk is in our DNA, so why do we still make big gambles? Elise Payzan-LeNestour is fascinated with this behavior, particularly when it comes to financial risk. In this talk, learn how she's studying the way humans choose between safe bets and highly dangerous gambles with a computerized money game.

## Lectures

1. [Why we take financial risks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/elise_payzan_lenestour_why_we_take_financial_risks/3614100a4796), 17 min (TED's player)