The latest from Rick Leander

Apr 24, 2018 - by Rick Leander, LFB Holdings

Reminders – A surprising powerful way to shape financial behaviors

It’s a question that has bugged economists and social scientists for generations – why so often do people fail to do things they have committed to doing?  Even in situations ...

Jan 31, 2018 - by Rick Leander, LFB Holdings

Are your financial literacy programs a waste of time and money?

The United States has a savings crisis.  According to the Federal Reserve, household rates of saving have dropped to levels not seen since 2008 and are not far from the ...

Oct 31, 2017 - by Rick Leander, LFB Holdings

Richard Thaler won the Nobel Prize in economics . . . Here’s why it matters to you and your members

I know many of you anxiously awaited to see which of your favorite economists won this year’s Nobel Prize.   Would it be Hall? Jensen?  Romer? How about Posner for ...