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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

US Interventions in Foreign Countries

  Russia has been accused of interfering with the US elections and engineering cyber-attacks on the US systems. This was pronounced in terms of alleged Russian interference to turn the mandate in favor of Donald Trump in 2016. There were constant accusations within the US, within its intelligence community, its administration, security apparatus, the Congress about the extent of Russian role and the internal saboteurs who seemed to have helped Russia for their own ends. The US has been obsessed with Soviet Union and later Russia since the Second World War. Its relationship with China was primarily a function of containing the Soviet Union after their famous split of 1968. In their pursuit to contain the Russian influence, they turned a blind eye to Chinese expansionism. In the current geopolitical terrain, Russia is fast emerging as a Chinese vassal rather than an independent superpower it once used to boast of. Yet rather than seeking to co-opt Russia in the larger battles against Chi