Zvi Bodie, financial economist, co-host of Ideas and Lives

Ideas and Lives

Zvi Bodie describes his lifelong interest in ideas and learning. From his birth and high school in Brooklyn and his evolution from a socialist/Zionist and kibbutz life to becoming a noted financial economist, Zvi recalls how his thinking evolved and how he luckily encountered much help from teachers and friends. Zvi explains the importance of finance and of financial innovation that drives much of the world economy.