Media
Select media appearances featuring Tess Wilkinson-Ryan
Armchair Expert with Dax Shephard
Tess Wilkinson-Ryan (Fool Proof) is a law professor, moral psychologist, and author. Tess joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the concept of the sucker narrative, how she approaches teaching contract law to her students, and what societal norms are universally accepted for parenthood. Tess and Dax talk about how much responsibility is on an exploiter versus the victim of a scam, why government is held to a different standard than big business, and the thin line between scammer and sucker. Tess explains why people feel shame when they are duped, the difference in consumer protections for men and women, and the cultural bait and switch of motherhood.
Mckinsey & Company - Author Talks: Think you’re foolproof? It could be hurting your decision-making
In this edition of Author Talks, McKinsey Global Publishing’s Alexandra Mondalek chats with Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, a professor at Penn Law School, about her new book Fool Proof: How Fear of Playing the Sucker Shapes Our Selves and the Social Order―and What We Can Do About It (HarperCollins Publishers, February 2023). When people are too concerned about getting “suckered” or “playing the fool,” Wilkinson-Ryan says, decision-making suffers. After years of research, she’s deconstructing the way that wariness affects politics and money and sharing exercises for overcoming the perceived need to be foolproof.
Promises, Promises: Frigaliment Importing vs. BNS
Professors Tess Wilkinson-Ryan and Dave Hoffman debate the meaning of chicken in the 1960 case of Frigaliment Importing vs. BNS.
Scripps National News: Mental impact of states pausing or rolling back plans to reopen amid pandemic
Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, professor of law and psychology, weighs in on how our baselines impact how we view states pausing or rolling back reopening plans.