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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

President Biden's Challenges

  As President Biden took office a couple of months ago, conservative historian Niall Fergusson wrote an interesting piece juxtaposing the challenges President Biden might face in the coming months and years. The article is available  here . The challenges range from China to Chinese virus to crime to racial divide in a country deeply torn by divisions. To add, would be his age- he is already the oldest to occupy the White House for the first time- apart from his health concerns. President Biden was favored by the establishment as the socialist Bernie Sanders threatened to run away with the Democrat nomination. The choice of Biden was also dictated perhaps by the fact he was the least unacceptable among the contenders. His term as Vice President during Obama administration cemented his credentials. Yet as he assumed office, US is certainly not in the best of the times. There are some scholars who are already talking about the Soviet days during Gorbachev. There are enough obituaries ab