Pioneer of 'nudge' science and explorer of irrational decisions earns economics Nobel
Richard Thaler's psychological approach helped explain irrational economic behavior
Economics
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One in three Chinese children faces an education apocalypse. An ambitious experiment hopes to save them
A U.S. economist hopes to overcome an yawning gap in childhood development between rural and urban China -
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Cold War espionage paid off—until it backfired, East German spy records reveal
Industrial espionage is like R&D “on cocaine” for countries that depend on it -
Why so much of the world is stuck in a ‘poverty trap’
Diseases of people, animals, and crops may keep people stuck in poverty, modeling study suggests -
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