Create Enduring Love with and Against the Odds | Rebekka Grun | TEDxZurich

Who is my soulmate? Where should ‘power couples’ live? Should her mother or his mother come live with you? Are relationships all about sex, or about power? And what do discount rates, utility functions and John Maynard Keynes have to do with all of this? Rebekka Grun answers relationship questions based on rigorous economic research. You cannot control the result, but you can set the odds in your favor. Rebekka is a PhD in economics working at the World Bank. Her day job specializes on the intersection of love and economics, notably social protection for families and individuals. She spends most of her time mobilizing and managing millions of dollars for refugees and other people in need. As an advocate for working mothers and child development, she has invented and is leading the World Bank’s groundbreaking Mobile Childcare work. Further, as an advisor to the former Bank president, she managed the institution’s relationships with European and Middle Eastern heads of state and the presidential portfolio on social protection. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx