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Terence Burnham

Economist & Author

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Terence Burnham Biography

A leading thinker on the interaction between ancestral environments and modern life, Terry Burnham works as an economist at Harvard University. He has also been a professor at the Harvard Business School, the University of Michigan, and Harvard University.

Burnham is the author of Mean Markets and Lizard Brains: How to Profit from the New Science of Irrationality, and is coauthor with Jay Phelan of Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts.

Before joining the Harvard faculty, he was the president and chief financial officer of the biotechnology firm, Progenics Pharmaceuticals (stock symbol PGNX), and worked on Wall Street for Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Burnham has a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University, a Master’s Degrees from MIT and San Diego State University, and a BS in biophysics from the University of Michigan. He served with distinction as a tank driver in the US Marine Corps.

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How to Profit from the New Science of Irrationality

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  • How to Profit from the New Science of Irrationality

    Everyone, from journalists to market pros, is turning to behavioral finance to explain, analyze, and predict market direction. In contrast to old-school assumptions of cool-headed rationality, the new behavioral school embraces hot-blooded human irrationality as a core feature of both individuals and financial markets. The 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to scholars of this new scientific approach to irrationality. In Mean Markets and Lizard Brains, Terry Burnham, an economist who has a proven ability to translate complex topics into everyday language, reveals the biological causes of irrationality. The human brain contains ancient structures that exert powerful and often unconscious influences on behavior. This "lizard brain" may have helped our ancestors eat and reproduce, but it wreaks havoc with our finances. Going far beyond cataloguing our financial foibles, Dr. Burnham applies this novel approach to all of today's most important financial topics: the stock market, the economy, real estate, bonds, mortgages, inflation, and savings. This broad and scholarly investigation provides an in-depth look at why manias, panics, and crashes happen, and why people are built to want to buy at irrationally high prices and sell at irrationally low prices. Most importantly, by incorporating the new science of irrationality, readers can position themselves to profit from financial markets that often seem downright mean. Burnham skillfully identifies the craziness that is part of human nature, helps us see it in ourselves, and then shows us how to profit from a world that doesn't always make sense.

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    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Terence Burnham for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Terence Burnham, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Terence Burnham or any other speaker of your choice.
  • What are the speaker fees for Terence Burnham

    Speaking fees for Terence Burnham, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Terence Burnham are available upon request for live events and available upon request for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Terence Burnham, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Terence Burnham speak about?

    Terence Burnham is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Authors, Business, Change, Economy and Finance, Finance, Personal Growth, Political Speakers, Sales, Sales, Marketing and Branding.
  • Where does Terence Burnham travel from?

    Terence Burnham generally travels from an undisclosed location, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Terence Burnham’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Terence Burnham for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Terence Burnham for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Terence Burnham or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
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    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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Terence Burnham Biography

A leading thinker on the interaction between ancestral environments and modern life, Terry Burnham works as an economist at Harvard University. He has also been a professor at the Harvard Business School, the University of Michigan, and Harvard University.

Burnham is the author of Mean Markets and Lizard Brains: How to Profit from the New Science of Irrationality, and is coauthor with Jay Phelan of Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts.

Before joining the Harvard faculty, he was the president and chief financial officer of the biotechnology firm, Progenics Pharmaceuticals (stock symbol PGNX), and worked on Wall Street for Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Burnham has a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University, a Master’s Degrees from MIT and San Diego State University, and a BS in biophysics from the University of Michigan. He served with distinction as a tank driver in the US Marine Corps.

Topics

How to Profit from the New Science of Irrationality

Terence Burnham Speaking Topics

  • How to Profit from the New Science of Irrationality

    Everyone, from journalists to market pros, is turning to behavioral finance to explain, analyze, and predict market direction. In contrast to old-school assumptions of cool-headed rationality, the new behavioral school embraces hot-blooded human irrationality as a core feature of both individuals and financial markets. The 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to scholars of this new scientific approach to irrationality. In Mean Markets and Lizard Brains, Terry Burnham, an economist who has a proven ability to translate complex topics into everyday language, reveals the biological causes of irrationality. The human brain contains ancient structures that exert powerful and often unconscious influences on behavior. This "lizard brain" may have helped our ancestors eat and reproduce, but it wreaks havoc with our finances. Going far beyond cataloguing our financial foibles, Dr. Burnham applies this novel approach to all of today's most important financial topics: the stock market, the economy, real estate, bonds, mortgages, inflation, and savings. This broad and scholarly investigation provides an in-depth look at why manias, panics, and crashes happen, and why people are built to want to buy at irrationally high prices and sell at irrationally low prices. Most importantly, by incorporating the new science of irrationality, readers can position themselves to profit from financial markets that often seem downright mean. Burnham skillfully identifies the craziness that is part of human nature, helps us see it in ourselves, and then shows us how to profit from a world that doesn't always make sense.

FAQs on booking Terence Burnham

  • How do I book Terence Burnham to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Terence Burnham for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Terence Burnham, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Terence Burnham or any other speaker of your choice.
  • What are the speaker fees for Terence Burnham

    Speaking fees for Terence Burnham, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Terence Burnham are available upon request for live events and available upon request for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Terence Burnham, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Terence Burnham speak about?

    Terence Burnham is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Authors, Business, Change, Economy and Finance, Finance, Personal Growth, Political Speakers, Sales, Sales, Marketing and Branding.
  • Where does Terence Burnham travel from?

    Terence Burnham generally travels from an undisclosed location, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Terence Burnham’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Terence Burnham for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Terence Burnham for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Terence Burnham or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.

Terence Burnham is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as How to Profit from the New Science of Irrationality. The estimated speaking fee range to book Terence Burnham for your event is available upon request. Terence Burnham generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Richard Florida, Neil Howe, Marshall Goldsmith, R "Ray" Wang and Dan Clark. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Terence Burnham for an upcoming live or virtual event.

Terence Burnham Speaking Topics

  • How to Profit from the New Science of Irrationality

    Everyone, from journalists to market pros, is turning to behavioral finance to explain, analyze, and predict market direction. In contrast to old-school assumptions of cool-headed rationality, the new behavioral school embraces hot-blooded human irrationality as a core feature of both individuals and financial markets. The 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to scholars of this new scientific approach to irrationality. In Mean Markets and Lizard Brains, Terry Burnham, an economist who has a proven ability to translate complex topics into everyday language, reveals the biological causes of irrationality. The human brain contains ancient structures that exert powerful and often unconscious influences on behavior. This "lizard brain" may have helped our ancestors eat and reproduce, but it wreaks havoc with our finances. Going far beyond cataloguing our financial foibles, Dr. Burnham applies this novel approach to all of today's most important financial topics: the stock market, the economy, real estate, bonds, mortgages, inflation, and savings. This broad and scholarly investigation provides an in-depth look at why manias, panics, and crashes happen, and why people are built to want to buy at irrationally high prices and sell at irrationally low prices. Most importantly, by incorporating the new science of irrationality, readers can position themselves to profit from financial markets that often seem downright mean. Burnham skillfully identifies the craziness that is part of human nature, helps us see it in ourselves, and then shows us how to profit from a world that doesn't always make sense.

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This website is a resource for event professionals and strives to provide the most comprehensive catalog of thought leaders and industry experts to consider for speaking engagements. A listing or profile on this website does not imply an agency affiliation or endorsement by the talent.

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