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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

The Dominance of the Dollar

As the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the Chinese flu sinks the global economy into a recession, perhaps unseen in recent times, the issue of dollar dominance and possible shortage once again is taking a centre stage. Dollar for long has dominated the international financial scene, post World War II in particular. Some experts believe, the financial crisis of 2008 highlighted the adverse consequences of dollar dominance. Yet they feel rather than a strategy to reduce the dollar dominance and its spread to rest of the world, the dominance has in fact been reinforced. The assets and liabilities denominated in dollars across the world continues to increase. This to some analysts puts pressure on the US Federal Reserve as it goes about its monetary policy.   The fears are nothing new or unusual. Post World War II, many countries feared the outbreak of World War III. The US was the only country that had escaped relatively unscathed in the War and thus dollar was the only currenc