No employees are paid until the shutdown ends—even those who continue to slog. Therein lies one threat to the economy: reduced spending.

Economic inequality in the US, UK, and other developed nations has drawn attention to the attitudes and behaviours of the elite, as those who are educated in the top universities are likely...

Shachar Kariv, Chief Scientist of Capital Preferences, LTD, shows that "even when they self-identify as progressive Democrats, 'elite' Americans value equality less highly than their middle-class compatriots."

We met with Jason Spits to discuss the current climate of investor risk profiling, and the risks associated with the wide-spread methods used today.

Shachar Kariv's research on consumption smoothing by government workers during the 2013 shutdown has been discussed by Gillian B. White in The Atlantic.

Chief Scientist, Professor Shachar Kariv, the recent chair of the Economics department at UC Berkeley - recently named as the top Economics department in the world.

Shachar Kariv was recently interviewed by John Manganaro at Plan Sponsor regarding his research in Behavioral Finance, Q&A with Shachar Kariv – Part 2

Shachar Kariv was recently interviewed by John Manganaro at Plan Sponsor regarding his research in Behavioral Finance, Q&A with Shachar Kariv – Part 1

We met with Mark Smith of the Financial Standard to discuss what Capital Preferences is developing, and how this improves upon existing methods.

Professor Shachar Kariv was recently published by the International Banker on his groundbreaking developments in Setting the Groundwork for Better Measures of Financial Risk Tolerance.