John Rust, an economics professor at Georgetown University, spoke about the rational capacities of humanity and artificial intelligence (AI) at a Feb. 21 lecture to members of the university community ...

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Though his name and life story have received wide public recognition since the 2001 film "A Beautiful Mind," Nobel laureate in economics John Nash Jr. has not let Hollywood steer him from the field in ...

You reported on a game theory simulation that showed people failed to reach a state of rational action, even after multiple failures and repeated feedback. This was said to be in variance with ...

Since the study of economics relies on the assumption that people largely act in their rational self-interest, when people vote otherwise, economists are likely to blame faulty or missing information.