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Europe is about to ban Russian oil: What’s next?Hungary, Slovakia, Finland and Bulgaria usually import more than 75% of their oil from Russia and might struggle to replace it with alterna...
When you think about investing, don't think about the newsThe news right now is worrisome. But is it a good time to sell - or to go against the tide and search for bargains? It's hard to tell, and ...
Possessed by the stocks you possess! How inertia hurts your portfolioA lot is written in the investing world about the ills of high trading frequency or churn in the portfolio. However, the other side of the ...
The Guru’s NudgeThe nudge concept holds the potential to build a righteous environment without coercive means, like the guru leads the disciple to voluntar...
Book Summary: Misbehaving: The making of behavioral economics
How Nobel-winner's idea of 'nudging' can be used to make the right personal finance choicesNobel laureate Richard Thaler’s idea of a ‘nudge’ can be used to improve the choices people make in personal finance. Or can it?
PM Narendra Modi's drives 'Give It Up' & 'Swachh Bharat' have Nobel linkThe view that individuals need a 'nudge' to act in a manner that leads to personal and social good is a key driver in Swachh Bharat and Giv...
When YV Reddy took to Thaler to 'nudge' authoritiesThaler built the concept of 'default option' in public policy in his book The Nudge.
Even a Nobel Prize winner doesn't get stocksThe S&P 500 index has been reaching repeated records since President Donald Trump's election.
Nobel economist takes a jab at Donald Trump's confidence, knowledge“His ratio of certitude to knowledge is nearing record highs,” Thaler said on Bloomberg Radio with Tom Keene and David Gura. “We all need a...
Modi government had already put Nobel winner's idea into practiceThe idea struck NITI Aayog when several ministries approached it with problems related to implementation of key schemes in the government's...
Is this rally for real? Post-Brexit stock surge may just be window dressingMuch of the rally in the past couple of days may have a more mundane explanation than the outlook for the world economy -- which is far fro...
The six most influential business books of 2015The Financial Times and McKinsey & Co. collaborated for their eleventh annual Business Book Awards and announced the six finalists this wee...
Eight most influential business books of the yearThis year's top business books come from journalists, economists and academics on a range of topics. Here are some books to catch up on.
The endowment effect in a game of pokerWhy is this so? Part of the reason, of course, is that we're human, and humans crave action and dopamine, and that makes us rationalise doi...
Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw receives Kiel Institute's '2014 Global Economy Prize'The award, established in 2005 by the Kiel Institute, is bestowed upon individuals who have been pioneers in finding solutions to global ec...
- On policy design
A choice architect has the responsibility for organising the context in which people make decisions. If you design the ballot voters use to...