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Intuition or reason? - Human behaviour and the understanding of economics

How do we make our decisions? Why is hesitation a reflex necessary for survival, and what happens in our brain when we judge other people or things? Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize winner and one of the most influential scientists of our time, uses examples that are as understandable as they are astounding to show which mental patterns we follow and how we can arm ourselves against fatal mistakes.

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Daniel Kahneman, born 1934 in Tel-Aviv, is Professor of Psychology at Princeton University and one of the world's most influential cognitive psychologists. Kahneman has received numerous awards from renowned universities for his work and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2002. Fast thinking, slow thinking landed on the bestseller lists of the "New York Times" and the "Spiegel" immediately after publication.

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Intuition or reason? - Human behaviour and the understanding of economics

How do we make our decisions? Why is hesitation a reflex necessary for survival, and what happens in our brain when we judge other people or things? Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize winner and one of the most influential scientists of our time, uses examples that are as understandable as they are astounding to show which mental patterns we follow and how we can arm ourselves against fatal mistakes.