Tag: maurice-allais
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Against Behavioural Economics and Irrationality
Praising Maurice Allais as the father of behavioural economics rather than Kahneman and Tversky, John Kay introduces us to some of Allais’ ideas while simultaneously providing one of the finest arguments against the simplistic view of behavioural economics as the study of irrationality: The skill of piecing together sense from fragmented and inaccurate information is a central…