SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN, a Professor of Economics at Harvard, is a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" and conducts research on development economics, behavioral economics, and corporate finance. His work concerns creating a psychology of people to improve poverty alleviation programs in developing countries. He Executive Director of Ideas 42, Institute of Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University.

Further Reading on Edge:

"A Short Course In Behavioral Economics" [10.1.08]
Edge Master Class 2008
Richard Thaler, Sendhil Mullainathan, Daniel Kahneman

Beyond Edge:

Ideas 42

Harvard Faculty Webpage