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People talk of the new economy and of reinventing themselves in the workplace, and in that sense most of us are less secure.

Daniel Kahneman

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Daniel Kahneman
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 5
Economist
Psychologist
University Teacher
Tel Aviv
Israel
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