Category: Book Summaries and Reviews
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Thinking, Fast and Slow: A Brief Overview and Analysis
The best-selling behavioural economics and psychology book written by Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman CRAVE Analysis CRAVE stands for Credibility, Reliability, Accuracy, Vested interest and Expertise, and is a system of analysing sources like books and articles to ensure that they are of high quality, and so I thought it would be a good idea to…
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Nudge: The Final Edition
Written by R. Thaler and C. Sunstein, this is a book exploring the world of behavioural economics and its role in improving people’s decisions from day-to-day to long-term – all with a simple ‘nudge’. Nudge: The Final Edition is a captivating book written by renowned economists Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, and it explores the…
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Doughnut Economics
Written by Kate Raworth in 2011, Doughnut Economics provides insight on development economics and Raworth’s take on solving the various developmental issues across the globe. Doughnut Economics is a book revolving around development economics and is one of the most influential pieces of writing in the field. Raworth herself is an Oxford academic, which is…
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The Bottom Billion: A Brief Summary and Review
Written by Sir Paul Collier, this book on development economics covers the causes (and possible solutions) for the lack of economic development in the countries which contain the poorest billion people in the world – i.e., how to help the Bottom Billion. This book is a very engaging but academic book, containing a lot of…
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