http://cheaptalk.org/2012/10/10/should-you-grab-the-abandoned-onions/ A blog about economics, politics and the random interests of forty-something professors Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:10:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://cheaptalk.org/2012/10/10/should-you-grab-the-abandoned-onions/#comment-20341 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:59:44 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12218#comment-20341 [...] As an example she cites this scenario from the Cheap talk blog: [...]

]]> http://cheaptalk.org/2012/10/10/should-you-grab-the-abandoned-onions/#comment-18964 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:02:34 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12218#comment-18964 obviously the cognitive cost of making the decision is much larger than the cost of making a wrong decision so i go with option 14 (which is my default option when I face difficult food choices)

]]> http://cheaptalk.org/2012/10/10/should-you-grab-the-abandoned-onions/#comment-18924 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:05:50 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12218#comment-18924 Jeff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1n5CQe1krI

]]> http://cheaptalk.org/2012/10/10/should-you-grab-the-abandoned-onions/#comment-18820 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:16:09 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12218#comment-18820 and this is why Jeff’s wife no longer lets him do the grocery shopping.

]]> http://cheaptalk.org/2012/10/10/should-you-grab-the-abandoned-onions/#comment-18810 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:05:32 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12218#comment-18810 The lady had abandoned the onions because I had sneezed on them. True story.

]]> http://cheaptalk.org/2012/10/10/should-you-grab-the-abandoned-onions/#comment-18806 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:52:48 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12218#comment-18806 This simple scenario of decision-making under conditions of uncertainty proves the indeterminacy of game-theoretic analysis and economic analysis generally

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