Part one. Irrational times 1. Superstition - Thomas Schelling 2. Bersek weather forecasters, beauty contests, and delicious apples on wall street - George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller 3. Subways, coconuts, and foggy minefields - Robin M. Hogarth 4. The more who die, the less we care - Paul Slovic 5. Haven't you switched to risk management 2.0 yet? - Erwann Michel-Kerjan Part two. Are we asking the right questions? Economic models and rationality 6. A two-edged sword - Paul J. H. Schoemaker 7. Constructed preference and the quest for rationality - David H. Krantz 8. What if you know you will have to explain your choices to others aftewards? - Paul R. Kleindorfer 9. Neuroeconomics - Colin F. Camerer 10. The useful brain - Olivier Oullier Part three. Individual decisions in a dangerous and uncertain world 11. Virgin versus experienced risks 12. How do we manage an uncertain future? - Ayse Öncüler 14. Dreadful possibilities, neglected probalities - Cass R. Sunstein and Richard Zeckhauser 15. Why we still fail to learn from disasters - Robert Meyer 16. Dumb decisions or as smart as the average politician? - Mark V. Pauly 17. The hold-up problem - W. Kip Viscusi Part four. Managing and financing extreme events 18. The peculiar politics of american disaster policy - David Moss 19. Catastrophe insurance and regulatory reform after the subprime mortgage crisis - Dwight M. Jaffee 20. Toward financial stability - Kenneth A. Froot 21. Economic theory and the financial crisis - Kenneth J. Arrow 22. Environmental politics - Geoffrey Heal 23. Act now, later, or never? - Christian Gollier 24. Climate change - Neil Doherty 25. International social protection in the face of climate change - Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer Part five. What difference can we make? 26. Are we making a difference? - Baruch Fischhoff 27. Thinking clearly about policy decisions - Ralph L. Keeney 28. Decision making - Howard Raiffa 29. Influential social science, risks, and disasters - Robert E. O'Connor and Dennis E. Wenger 30. Reflections and guiding principles for dealing with societal risks - Howard Kunreuther