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After a Blizzard, What's a Fair Price for a Shovel?

Harvard Business Review

I was surprised at the responses to my survey question. I then followed-up by asking survey-takers how they'd feel if "two guys" set up shop in a parking lot and sold shovels at a high market-clearing price. On the surface, these results don't appear to synch with those reported by Daniel Kahneman, Jack L.

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How to Regain the Lost Art of Reflection

Harvard Business Review

Brain science, popularized in Daniel Kahneman’s book , has shown that this type of “slow thinking” is negatively correlated with “fast thinking,” as might be employed when driving a car or solving a simple sum. What would I do now if there were no legacy constraints on my actions?

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