Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and can not trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits
of slow thinking.
The process was mental work: deliberate, effortful, and orderly — a prototype
of slow thinking.
Not exact matches
The Bank
of Canada
thinks inflation is being influenced by weaker energy costs and an odd
slowing in the upward trajectory
of automobile prices.
One
of my favorite books
of all time is Daniel Kahneman's
Thinking, Fast and
Slow.
Thinking, Fast and
Slow: «It's one
of the best distillations
of how people
think and reason from a true leader in the field,» said Courtney Nash.
But at the core we've had a backdrop
of solid growth and inflation is contained, and I
think the risk for stocks is if that narrative does shift towards one where it's
slowing growth and rising inflation.
One is that I
think under the auspices
of that company the rollout
of wi - fi and cellular technology in the subway has been
slow compared to many other cities in Canada and North America.
What do members
of the usually frantically paced startup scene get out
of slowing down for a condensed period
of thought and reading?
After three weeks
of slow sales, I began
thinking we might have to close the new place.
In
Thinking, Fast and Slow, economist Daniel Kahneman claims there are two ways of t
Thinking, Fast and
Slow, economist Daniel Kahneman claims there are two ways
of thinkingthinking.
Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman wrote a whole best - selling book on the limitations
of quick
thinking called, appropriately, Thinking, Fast a
thinking called, appropriately,
Thinking, Fast a
Thinking, Fast and
Slow.
I also
think there was a direct correlation between the time when I stopped doodling at university and the
slow and steady decline
of my creativity.
«There's no reason to
think that the pace
of economic growth today is excessive and needs to be
slowed because
of incipient inflation,» Josh Bivens, research director at the Economic Policy Institute, said in calling on the Fed not to hike.
Thinking about the present «
slows down the perceived passage
of time, allowing people to feel less rushed and hurried.
While most analysts don't
think the price
of oil will plummet anytime soon, any downward movement will ultimately cascade to other sectors
of the Alberta economy as investment in the sector
slows, McColl cautions.
The current period
of slow growth has produced a school
of thought that says America's best days are behind it.
«In the international bestseller,
Thinking, Fast and
Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner
of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour
of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we
think.
«I
think our response has been appropriate,» he said when questioned on whether the company had been
slow to announce its findings, explaining that the handling
of each case is different.
If you have a
slow month, you'll know you'll have less to spend and can start
thinking of ways to tighten up your budget and avoid getting into debt.
They can't or won't take the time to
slow down and catch their collective breath; to take stock
of their situation; and to really
think about what should come next.
More than half
think the world's developed economies have hit a prolonged period
of slower growth — or what they call «secular stagnation.»
«The argument is the types
of things we're doing now with information technology just don't show up in GDP because a lot
of what we do on the Internet is free,» or very nearly so, says Philip Cross, a former chief
of economic analysis at Statistics Canada who wrote a paper on the
slow - growth economy for the Fraser Institute
think tank last year.
We also shudder to
think what Donald Trump, who
thinks that the
slow rotating blades
of wind turbines miles offshore spoil his golf courses, would make
of high - pitched whirring noises in the rarefied air above them.
Previously, Buretta said many automakers «were
slow to engage meaningfully and
think strategically about how to maximize recall repairs and to deploy the kind
of innovative recall techniques needed for the Takata recalls.
You might
think Prince was
slow to change with the times because
of his threatened lawsuits against YouTube and his own fansites for violating his copyrights.
It's good practice to
slow down before you call a recruiter and
think through the potential
of someone you already have on board.
Tsur Somerville, an associate professor at the University
of British Columbia's Sauder School
of Business, said he didn't
think prices would decline but the rate
of increases would
slow down.
«Leading indicators suggest that domestic demand will continue to perform strongly in the second half
of the year, but we
think the quarter - on - quarter run - rate in headline GDP (gross domestic product) growth will
slow to 0.4 percent - to - 0.5 percent quarter - on - quarter,» Claus Vistesen, chief euro zone economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said in an email.
«For wedding locations that are popular wedding destinations —
think Hawaii or Southern California — or locations where the weather is nice all year round,
slow seasons as far as weddings are concerned are basically nonexistent,» said Christina Farrow, president and co-founder
of planning site AislePlanner.com, who previously ran a wedding planning firm in Hawaii.
With the benefit
of hindsight, it's incredible to
think about how divergent the paths
of the two companies have been, especially in light
of a new report that shows already -
slowing PC sales are about to drop off a cliff.
I
think we'll see a bunch
of regulation around it that will help weed out the bad actors and put some roadblocks in place to help things
slow down and make them a little more rational.
Most businesses typically have a
slow season when consumers don't
think of purchasing their services or products.
Chair Yellen, with real growth over the recovery a little
slower than we
thought, output gaps and job market slack still on the scene, prices appearing to decelerate and wages / compensation revealing little in the way
of threatening pressures, try as I might — and I repeat, I'm solidly in your camp — I don't see the rationale for tightening, even a little.
At any rate, if you
think of «actual» rejoining «potential» as a simple goal
of a recovery, we've been running
slow enough that we haven't crossed the goal line yet, even as the goal line has been moving towards us.
But if things go bad, I
think they will definitely
slow the pace
of increases.
The president and CEO
of Houston - based Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) said he
thinks the company's Alpine High project will be cash - positive in the near future, despite a
slower acceleration
of the company's efforts there than expected.
In short, given the increased concerns
of global growth
slowing, oil price instability, the potential Brexit, and U.S. election, we
think owning gold as part
of a diversified asset allocation continues to be a sound approach.
Daniel Kahneman, one
of the pioneers
of behavioral economics, describes framing in his
Thinking, Fast and
Slow:
Add the fact that much
of the earnings - per - share growth is created by making acquisitions
of slower growing, lower P / E companies, and one might
think that the new, larger level
of earnings should be valued at a smaller multiple than the prior earnings were.
This is mainly because we
think it's in no one's interest, a view corroborated by the communiqué out
of the recent G20 meeting in Shanghai.In the near term, there's plenty authorities can do to
slow the capital outflows while allowing a mild yuan depreciation
of 5 percent to 10 percent over the next year.
If you're planning for retirement and make the mistake
of scrolling through any finance section in a
slow news week, you have to ask yourself: what kind
of questions are they asking to produce breathless headlines like these?Half
of Canadians don't
think they'll be...
«Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his work that challenged a rational model
of judgement and decision - making, recently published a remarkable account
of his intellectual journey;
Thinking Fast and
Slow.»
While the 41 % gain is more impressive than 11 %, investors should see this as another great quarter by Berkshire Hathaway, and one that provided no reason to
think its immense success has any sign
of slowing down.
I
think the pattern
of new discoveries has
slowed up.
One might
think, looking at the numbers, that Apple's investors would have ended that latest run
of figures unhappy — but the stock price climbed post-release, despite a slate
of results that indicated
slowing growth.
«We did see a little
slow down but I
think it shows the success
of small brewers in recent years and that we can question whether double - digit growth is a good thing or a bad thing,» he added.
We
think investors continue to misinterpret both the Bank
of Japan's (BOJ's) intent to
slow its monetary stimulus programs and Japanese inflation expectations.
And we have the ECB [European Central Bank], again, likely to tell us what their plans are and not for selling bonds back into the market, I
think not at this stage for changing their interest rate policy, but again,
slowing the rates
of purchase
of bonds.
«We
think it will be
slow to act on rate cuts, but stands ready to intervene in case
of disruptive market developments, especially in the currency and bond markets,» says Nell.
A good way to combat these kinds
of knee - jerk decisions is to
slow down
thinking and separate fact from fiction.