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Richard H. Thaler: Misbehaving: the making of behavioral economics

W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY, 2015, 432 pp, USD 27.95 (cloth)

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Cartwright, A.C. Richard H. Thaler: Misbehaving: the making of behavioral economics. Public Choice 164, 185–188 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-015-0276-5

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