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Policy makers, like most people, normally feel that they already know all the psychology and all the sociology they are likely to need for their decisions. I don't think they are right, but that's the way it is.

Daniel Kahneman

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Daniel Kahneman
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 5
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Tel Aviv
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