Noreena Hertz: How to use experts -- and when not to

http://www.ted.com We make important decisions every day -- and we often rely on experts to help us decide. But, says economist Noreena Hertz, relying too much on experts can be limiting and...

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It's Monday morning.In Washington,the president of the United Statesis sitting in the Oval Office,assessing whether or notto strike Al Qaedain Yemen.At Number 10 Downing Street,David Cameron is trying to work outwhether to cut more public sector jobsin order to stave off a double-dip recession.In Madrid, Maria Gonzalezis standing at the door,listening to her baby crying and crying,trying to work out whether she should let it cryuntil it falls asleepor pick it up and hold it.And I am sitting by my father's bedside in hospital,trying to work outwhether I should let him drinkthe one-and-a-half-liter bottle of waterthat his doctors just came in and said,"You must make him drink today," --my father's been nil by mouth for a week --o...