If you've ever taken an economics class, you were probably taught that people are rational. But about 50 years ago, the psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky began to chip away at this basic assumption. In doing so, they transformed our understanding of human behavior. This week, we remember Kahneman, who recently died at the age of 90, by revisiting our 2018 and 2021 conversations with him.
If you enjoyed this look at the work of Daniel Kahneman, you might also enjoy our conversations about behavioral economics with Kahneman's friend and collaborator Richard Thaler:
Misbehaving with Richard Thaler
Follow the Anomalies
A Creature of Habit
Waiting Games
Minimizing Pain, Maximizing Joy
Screaming into a Void
A Conspiracy of Silence
Where Gratitude Gets You
When You Start to Miss Tony from Accounting
Between Two Worlds
From Pedestals to Guillotines
Not at the Dinner Table
Moral Combat
Beyond Doomscrolling
The Logic of Rage
An Update from Shankar
Laughter: The Best Medicine
The Halo Effect
Why Nobody Feels Rich
The Fee-for-Service Monster
You 2.0: Empathy Gym
You 2.0: WOOP, WOOP!
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