On this week's show Ian Sample meets Professor Gerd Gigerenzer director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the Harding Centre for Risk Literacy in Berlin.
Gerd discusses his work advising governments, the military and bankers on the need for better understanding of risk. He introduces his new book, Risk Savvy: How To Make Good Decisions, and his goal of providing simple rule-of-thumb tools that he claims everyone can use to become more risk-literate and "empowered to make better decisions in their everyday lives".
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