Individuals and governments are necessarily biased towards their interests in the short-term but they must also balance the need to make decisions that will provide benefits into the future

In this episode of Books in 5, the author of Future-Generation Government: How to Legislate for the Long Term joins us to reveal the importance of understanding what makes people & institutions tick, measuring the right data to provide accurate information, locking-in policy with commitments and a whole host of recommendations so that humanity can truly flourish in the coming decades.

The challenges ahead are daunting but public policy can be brought to bear to mitigate the risks ahead only if government leaders understand the need to better regard the future.

Nicholas Chesterley is a behavioural economist and public servant. He completed his PhD in behavioural economics at the University of Oxford as a Clarendon Scholar and SSHRC Doctoral Fellow and has held a range of leadership roles in government. He lives in Ottawa.

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