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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

Crypto Currencies and Sovereign Challenges

  There is a n interesting article on crypto currencies authored by V Ananta Nageswaran (VAN) in the Mint. The article is available here . It seeks to locate the rise of privately circulated crypto currencies, the government reactions and probable challenges of sovereignty. Crypto currencies are seemingly once again the flavour the season. Elon Musk has announced Tesla would accept Bitcoin as a medium of exchange. There are banks in the US which are in the process of accepting custodianship of crypto currencies. Crypto currencies are privately circulated, highly volatile and do not have the backing of the government. Instead many governments including India are contemplating banning privately circulated crypto currencies like Bitcoin. There are others who view the crypto currencies through the prism of speculative instruments thus a potential lead indicator of the emergent bubble.   The author locates the suspicion of the sovereign to the anonymity provided by the crypto currencies