As Laura bears down on the Gulf Coast, and California burns, Wharton professor discusses how we can better manage risk

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Bob Meyer, Professor of Marketing and Co-Director of the Risk Management Decision Processes Center at The Wharton School, discusses how to better prepare from a risk standpoint in light of California wildfires and Gulf Coast hurricane season, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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