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Behavioral economics combines information about human behavior and outcomes with more standard methods of economic analysis. Behavioral economics has been applied in various contexts such as ...

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In his deeply thoughtful and important book, economist Nicolas Treich considers direct (animal-centered) and indirect ...

Economics in Two Lessons: Why Markets Work So Well, and Why They Can Fail So Badly, by John Quiggin, Princeton University Press, 408 pages, $29.95 On the radio and in his writings for The Nation, ...

Behavioral economics combines information about human behavior and outcomes with more standard methods of economic analysis. Behavioral economics has been applied in various contexts such as ...