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Radical UncertaintyMervyn King, John Kay

Radical Uncertainty

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"In a changing world, forecasts and numbers usually represent bogus quantification. Kay and King tell us how to think smarter. Radical uncertainty changes the way we should think about decision-making. For over half a century economics has assumed that people behave rationally by optimizing among well-defined choices. Behavioral economics questioned how far people are rational, pointing to the cognitive biases that seem to describe actual behavior. Radical Uncertainty is a bold, paradigm-shifting book that takes us past standard and behavioral economics, completely shifting our understanding…

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Editions

6 editions
  • Other · English · 2021
    Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 544 pages · 9780393541984
  • Other · English · 2020
    Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 544 pages · 9781408712597
  • Other · English · 2020
    Norton & Company Limited, W. W. · 384 pages · 9781324004776
  • Other · English · 2020
    Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 544 pages · 9781324004783
  • Other · English · 2020
    Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 544 pages · 9780349143996
  • Other · English · 2019
    Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 320 pages · 9781408712603
EconomicsEconomics, psychological aspectsConsumer behaviorDecision makingPsychological aspectsEconomic aspects