Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman (; ; March 5, 1934 – March 27, 2024) was an Israeli-American psychologist and economist. He won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Vernon L. Smith). He won the Nobel Prize for studying economics by using tools from psychology. 

In 2011, he was named by Foreign Policy magazine in its list of top global thinkers. In the same year, his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, which summarizes much of his research, was published and became a best seller.

Kahneman died on March 27, 2024 in Nunningen, Switzerland from assisted suicide at the age of 90.  He chose to end his life after becoming afraid that he would get dementia like his wife did.

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