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  • Are married women less risk-averse? If so, why?

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    Vox: Are married women less risk-averse? If so, why? Does marriage make people less averse to risk? This column argues that this is the case for women, but not for men. But married women's different attitude towards risk has fallen over time as the prevalence of marriage in society has faded. For women who work,…

  • Nobel Laureate Debunks Economic Theory

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    Forbes: Nobel Laureate Debunks Economic Theory NEW YORK – Daniel Kahneman isn't an economist, but he wins prizes like one. A psychology professor at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in economics last month for his work–much of it done with the late Amos Tversky–on decision-making under…