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You say i agree at the end. that is a place where behavior economics is making an important contributions and i think a correction to the old classical economic model of the rational agent. >> the sort of classic example of what you're saying, you give people the default option to save rather than not to save. on their salary forms you say check here if you want to opt out of the ira or savings plan so the default is they save and the result is you have many, many more people saving. >> one of the most dramatic examples of that is in europe. about half of the country is on organ donation have ...

Responsibility to ensure disclosure. that people are given correct information when they interact in the market. it doesn't matter for a rational agent whether the print is small or large. it matters a lot for people with a lazy sort of system, lazy, slow thinking. they don't read the small print. none of us read the things that flash on the computer screen and you say i agree at the end. that is a place where behavior economics is making an important contributions and i think a correction to the old classical economic model of the rational agent. >> the sort of classic example of what you're ...

harvard physicist. a look at the way your mind works and doesn't. fascinating conversation with nobel prize winner daniel kahneman. a big birthday but an awkward time to throw a big birthday bash. i'll explain. first my take. it's the start of the new year and we will do predictions on this show. i thought i'd try my own hand at some before asking others to risk their reputations. and in the spirit of keeping myself honest, i'm going to look back at what i said and wrote in "time" magazine at the start of last year and see how i did. it's always risky to stick your neck out and h...

the future with a brilliant harvard physicist. then deep inside the way your mind works and sometimes why it doesn't. fascinating conversation with nobel prize winner daniel kahneman. a big birthday but an awkward time to throw a big birthday bash. i'll explain. first here's my take. it's the start of the new year and we will do predictions on this show. i thought i'd try my own hand at some before asking others to risk their reputations. and in the spirit of keeping myself honest, i'm going to look back at what i said and wrote in "time" magazine at the start of last year and se...

70th birthday. i started at 12 years old, you and reverend bill jones appointed me as youth director many years ago. in all your years, have you seen such a blatant attempt to undermine the voting rights act that you and dr. king and others established in the '60s with voter i.d. laws, early voting and now with michigan, where your vote means nothing? >> well, this is a tenth amendment for you, a classic example of states' rights violating basic civil rights. those who once denied the right to vote, never -- using jerry mandering at lark, but now the power of the state to displace elected offi...