Kahneman nobel biography of barack

The laureate of the 2002 Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences is probably one of the most unlikely winners in the award’s history: by his own admission, Daniel Kahneman has never even taken an economics class. But as a psychologist working alongside his friend Amos Tversky, he is one of the main pioneers of “behavioral economics”: a new field of knowledge which has influenced policy-makers and political leaders across the world, including the former US President, Barack Obama. Much of Kahneman’s success reflects the shortcomings of mainstream economists, who traditionally lack psychological insight. They prefer instead to promote the idea of a perfectly rational – and largely fictitious – homo economicus, which is cornerstone to their neo-liberal ideal of a free-for-all between competing individuals. In this sense, the 2008 economic crisis served as dramatic reality check. By meticulously dismantling this image of man as a ration

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Daniel Kahneman, 1934-2024: Nobel Prize Winner & CASBS Legend

Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel laureate, professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University, and among the most distinguished and consequential cognitive and behavioral scientists of the past half-century, passed away on March 27, 2024. He was 90.

Kahneman’s groundbreaking and celebrated work, often conducted in collaboration with Amos Tversky and others, fundamentally challenged the classical economic assumption of human rationality. Kahneman and Tversky introduced the concept of cognitive biases and heuristics, demonstrating how people often rely on mental shortcuts that lead to systematic errors. Their development of Prospect Theory highlighted how individuals assess potential losses and gains, profoundly influencing specific fields such as economic theory, finance, and public policy. They famously laid the foundation for the establishment of the field of behavioral economics.

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Daniel Kahneman

Israeli-American psychologist and economist (1934–2024)

Daniel Kahneman
Kahneman in 2009
Born	(1934-03-05)March 5, 1934 Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
Died	March 27, 2024(2024-03-27) (aged 90) Manhattan, New York, U.S.[1]
Nationality	American, Israeli
Education	Hebrew University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD)
Known for
Spouses	Anne Treisman ​ ​ (m. 1978; died 2018)​
Partner	Barbara Tversky (2020–2024)
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Thesis	An analytical model of the semantic differential (1961)
Doctoral advisor	Susan M. Ervin-Tripp
Notable students
Website	scholar.princeton.edu/kahneman/

Daniel Kahneman (; Hebrew: דניאל כהנמן; March 5, 1934 – March 27, 2024) was an Israeli-American psychologist best known for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making as well