At the age of 90, the American-Israeli psychologist Daniel Kahneman – a pioneer of the theories of behavioral economics, which greatly influenced the discipline and which brought him the Nobel Prize, died.
About this writes The Guardian.
Kahneman, author of the bestseller Thinking, Fast and Slow, disputed the thesis that human behavior is based on a rational decision-making process rather than on instinct.
In 2002, Kahneman received the Memorial Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in recognition of the importance of his research in psychology and economics.
Kahneman and his longtime colleague, the Israeli psychologist Amos Tversky, revolutionized the field of economics, which until their work had largely assumed that people were “rational actors” capable of clearly evaluating choices, such as which car to buy or which job to accept. The researchers’ study focused on the extent to which the decision-making process depends on hidden quirks and mental abilities that can distort our thoughts in irrational but predictable ways.
Kahneman was born in Tel Aviv and served in Israel in the 1950s.
His family has not released the place or cause of death. Scientist Steven Pinker once called Kahneman “the most influential psychologist in the world.”
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