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This collection of essays, written primarily by scholars, discusses how nonprofit organizations can apply common concepts from the for-profit world, including cost-benefit analysis and risk assessment ...

TROY, N.Y. — A new theory of economic decision-making from Mina Mahmoudi, a lecturer in the Department of Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, offers an explanation as to why humans, in ...

A new theory of economic decision-making from Mina Mahmoudi, a lecturer in the Department of Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, offers an explanation as to why humans, in general, make ...

On the old view of human economic decision-making—human beings are rational. In the last few years, cognitive psychologists have revolutionized economics—by demonstrating that economic decisions are ...

At the start of 2025, the global economy is on the brink of massive change. By some estimates, there is an $80 trillion demand for long-term capital to fund a transformation on par with the Industrial ...

In his New York Times bestselling book Moneyball, Michael Lewis tells the story of Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A’s, and how, despite having half the budget of some of the ...

A new theory of economic decision-making offers an explanation as to why humans, in general, make decisions that are simply adequate, not optimal. A new theory of economic decision-making from Mina ...