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Chapter 7: Information and Behavioral Economics — Economics 101

Classical economics assumes perfect information and perfectly rational actors. The two new schools that replaced those assumptions — information economics (Stiglitz, Akerlof) and behavioral economics (Simon, Becker, Thaler) — explain how real markets cope with information gaps and human cognition, from used-car lemons to checkout-aisle candy.