“I could say that the Coal Age didn’t end because there were no more coals, Iron Age didn’t end because there were no more iron. Iron is still there, technology took over. And the Oil Age, I think, one day will end effectively. Not because of no more oil, it’s because the price of oil will go up high enough to attract alternative energy sources, and to attract innovation.”
Mehdi Varzi, oil consultant and former diplomat
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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
by Richard H. Thaler
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Isbn-13: 9780300122237
Every day, we make decisions on topics ranging from personal investments to schools for our children to the meals we eat to the causes we champion. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. The reason, the authors explain, is that, being human, we all are susceptible to various biases that can lead us to blunder. Our mistakes make us poorer and less healthy; we often make bad decisions involving education, personal finance, health care, mortgages and credit cards, the family, and even the planet itself. Thaler...
