Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman (; Hebrew: דניאל כהנמן; March 5, 1934 – March 27, 2024) was an Israeli-American author, psychologist, and economist notable for his work on hedonism, the psychology of judgment, and decision-making. He is also known for his work in behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences shared with Vernon L. Smith. Kahneman's published empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Kahneman has received more than 3,751,187 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Daniel Kahneman is the 23rd most popular psychologist (up from 25th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Israel (up from 55th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Psychologist.

Daniel Kahneman is most famous for his work in behavioral economics. He is a psychologist and economist who has spent his career studying human judgment and decision-making. His research shows that people are not the rational, self-interested actors they are often assumed to be.