{"id":321492,"date":"2026-08-14T18:42:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/321492\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T18:42:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:42:54","slug":"worth-the-risk-a-conversation-with-allison-schrager-cliff-asness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/321492\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth the Risk:\u00a0A Conversation with Allison Schrager &#038; Cliff Asness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Tuesday, September 22, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">6:00 pm \u2013 6:30 pm Opening Reception<br \/>6:30 pm \u2013 7:30 pm Fire side chat<br \/>7:30 pm \u2013 8:00 pm Closing Reception<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Monterey Modern Steakhouse<br \/>37 E 50th St, New York, NY 10022<\/p>\n<p>Join the Manhattan Institute for a special conversation celebrating the release of MI senior fellow Allison Schrager\u2019s new book,\u00a0Worth the Risk.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s economy is defined by uncertainty\u2014but are we actually facing more risk than ever, or have we simply become less willing to embrace it?<\/p>\n<p>In her timely new book, economist Allison Schrager argues that our growing aversion to risk is holding back economic opportunity, entrepreneurship, and personal fulfillment. Drawing on economics, behavioral science, and history, she challenges conventional assumptions about uncertainty and explains why taking smart risks is essential to individual success and a more dynamic society.<\/p>\n<p>Schrager will be joined in conversation by AQR Capital Management co-founder Cliff Asness for a wide-ranging discussion on the role of risk in investing, innovation, and everyday life. Together, they will explore why Americans have become increasingly risk-averse, what we can learn from history\u2019s most successful risk-takers, and how embracing uncertainty can lead to greater prosperity and resilience.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you will join us for this thought-provoking discussion, followed by audience Q&amp;A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, September 22, 2026 6:00 pm \u2013 6:30 pm Opening Reception6:30 pm \u2013 7:30 pm Fire side chat7:30&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-321492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}