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Book Review: Richard Thaler – Misbehaving

Book Review: Richard Thaler – Misbehaving

My Overview Richard Thaler is one of the greatest behavioural economists ever, he was pivotal in bringing the founding ideas of Daniel Kahnman and Amos Tversky into mainstream Economics. He was also one of the key experts brought in to help formulate the British Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) aka the Nudge Unit in the UK, similar units cannot be found across most Western governments. I have been fascinated by behavioural economics since I first started studying economics aged 16. I…

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Book Review: Marcus Aurelius – Meditations

Book Review: Marcus Aurelius – Meditations

My Perspective There are few more famous books that Marcus Aurelius’ ‘Mediations’, it was written as a series of spiritual exercises and the common belief was that it would never to be published. For me it is the inner dialogue of an extremely powerful and rich man – the Emperor of Rome –  trying to fight the same battles that we all face on a daily basis: how to be a better person, how to show courage, be just, be clever and…

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