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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

CBSE Exams, Chinese Pandemic and Indian Education

  The second wave of the pandemic induced by the Chinese virus seem to be abating in the country, yet the toll it has taken seems to be manifesting in multiple ways. It is not just the people who have died but the livelihoods it has destroyed might take years to recover. The livelihoods destroyed are both on account of death of family members, breadwinners, kids losing either one or both parents, the loss of jobs induced by the lockdowns, the drop in demand for many goods impacting the production of the goods among many other things. Many skilled and unskilled workers are left hunting for jobs with little sight to their end in misery. Away from this the children have lost their childhood. Kept confined to their homes, they might grow very different in social experiences away from the elders. They are not able to enjoy the natural role of playing and meeting with friends. Furthermore, their education has been disrupted. The schools are closed and thus the learning is almost nil. There a