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    Behavioural Economics: Psychology, neuroscience, and the human side of economics
    Behavioural Economics: Psychology, neuroscience, and the human side of economics
    Behavioural Economics: Psychology, neuroscience, and the human side of economics
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    Behavioural Economics: Psychology, neuroscience, and the human side of economics

    Written by David Orrell

    Narrated by Al Kessel

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    An applied mathematician explores how findings from psychology and neuroscience are shaking up our understanding of economics—and how they’re being used to exploit us.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateJul 6, 2021
    ISBN9781666538786
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    David Orrell

    David Orrell is an applied mathematician and author of popular-science books. He studied mathematics at the University of Alberta and obtained his doctorate from Oxford University on the prediction of nonlinear systems. His book Apollo's Arrow: The Science of Prediction and the Future of Everything was a national bestseller and finalist for the 2007 Canadian Science Writers' Award, and his book Economyths: Ten Ways Economics Gets It Wrong was a finalist for the 2011 National Business Book Award.

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      Just a pretty good overview of cognitive distortions and brain biases that we encounter in everyday life and how it applies to economics and human behavior.