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Prisoners of our genes or masters of our destiny? – Beragampengetahuan
One of the more esoteric topics that fascinates me about the psychology of investing is whether our risk preferences are determined by our genes or our environment. I have written about that in a past paper, but now a new study has shed some additional light on this topic. The most common approach to examine […]
Prisoner’s Dilemma: A Current Application – Beragampengetahuan
We saw a good illustration of the paradigmatic Prisoner’s Dilemma (widely used in economics and other sciences) when Sidney Powell, one of Trump’s lawyers after his 2020 defeat, agreed on October 19 to a plea deal and recognized her guilt for some misdemeanors. She also had to promise to testify at the trials of her […]
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[Daniel DePetris] Why negotiating with Iran to free prisoners matters – Beragampengetahuan
Negotiating with Iran is never easy or uncontroversial. But it’s often necessary to solve problems — or in one case last week, to free Americans who were imprisoned unjustly by the Iranian authorities. On Thursday, the Biden administration announced the beginning of a highly synchronized process that, ideally, will end with the release of five […]