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Decision Making as Output and Bounded Rationality

  The classical economics theories proceed on the assumption of rational agents. Rationality implies the economic agents undertake actions or exercise choices based on the cost-benefit analysis they undertake. The assumption further posits that there exists no information asymmetry and thus the agent is aware of all the costs and benefits associated with the choice he or she has exercised. The behavioral school contested the decision stating the decisions in practice are often irrational. Implied there is a continuous departure from rationality. Rationality in the views of the behavioral school is more an exception to the norm rather a rule. The past posts have discussed the limitations of this view by the behavioral school. Economics has often posited rationality in the context in which the choices are exercised rather than theoretical abstract view of rational action. Rational action in theory seems to be grounded in zero restraint situation yet in practice, there are numerous restra

Jim O'Neill, Coronavirus and Indian Response

A report in CNBC quotes Chatham House Chair Jim O’Neill praising China for its response to coronavirus. In a disparaging way, he derides Indian approach expressing fears what would have happened had it originated in India. The report is available here .   It is not something new for many Westerners. Their Indophobia or more precisely Hinduphobia makes them inhabit their deluded land of India being haven for snake-charmers and elephants.   They are simply unable to come to terms of India emerging on its own and being power contender. To all the praise Jim O’Neill heaps on China it was China’s initial reaction of denial and secrecy that led to the scaling up of the current round of the epidemic. He seeks to explain the same as dichotomy between the dominance of President Xi and the officials at the state level. The explanation simply doesn’t hold well in the light of what has emerged. The virus was noticed first by doctors in Wuhan. The first Chinese reaction was denial. In fa