Economics Behaving Badly

As policymakers use it to devise programs, it’s becoming clear that behavioral economics is being asked to solve problems it wasn’t meant to address. Indeed, it seems in some cases that behavioral economics is being used as a political expedient, allowing policymakers to avoid painful but more effective solutions rooted in traditional economics. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Opinion Source, New York Times (Most Emailed), NewsRack (Health Care), New York Times (Opinion), Donica Mensing (t), Ish Harshawat (f), Fabrice Florin (f), Shams Kazi (f)
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jul 14, 2010 - 8:27 PM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Jul 15, 2010 - 7:24 AM PDT

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