David K. Levine reads from "Is Behavioral Economics Doomed?"
Channel: openbookpublishers
Date: 2012-12-27

David K. Levine (Washington University) reads an excerpt from "Is Behavioral Economics Doomed?" his 2012 book published by Open Book Publishers. "There's an intrinsic interaction between the forecaster and the forecast...predicting economic activity isn't like predicting the weather," Levine says.

"Any behavioral economists wondering why behavioral economics is not widely embraced by the traditional areas of economics should read this book. Any traditional economists feeling some skepticism about behavioral economics but not sure why should read this book." -Charles R. Plott, California Institute of Technology

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