The Undoing Project
Examines the history of behavioral economics, discussing the theory of Israeli psychologists who wrote the original studies undoing assumptions about the decision-making process and the influence it has had on evidence-based regulation.
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Michael Lewis tracks the long Hebrew University friendship of Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky from their early army years in the 1950s through the joint papers of the 1970s on prospect theory, anchoring and availability, and a 2002 Nobel that came after Tversky's death.
The Undoing Project was written by Michael Lewis and published in 2016. Lewis is also the author of Moneyball, The Big Short, and Going Infinite. The book is a dual biography of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky.
Yes. Daniel Kahneman is a central figure in both books. Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011) is Kahneman's own book on his research; The Undoing Project (2016) is Michael Lewis's biographical telling of Kahneman and Amos Tversky's collaboration.
The Undoing Project is 362 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Undoing Project takes most readers 5 to 8 hours to finish.
The Undoing Project is a standalone novel by an unknown author, not part of a series.
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