Selected Essays by Lefoko O. Molebatsi (2001) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Public Policy and Policy Analysis: The Rational Model Question: The rational model of public policy making‚ though heavily criticized‚ is the most widely used and or talked about model. Discuss why. By Lefoko O. Molebatsi (University of Botswana) Instructor: Prof G. S Maipose 2001 1 Selected Essays by Lefoko O. Molebatsi (2001) -
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Rational Decision Making In economics‚ a rational person is one who makes decisions by comparing the marginal benefits to the marginal costs. If the marginal benefit of buying an item (say a cup of coffee) is equal to or greater than the marginal cost‚ then the person will make the purchase. They are making a perfectly rational decision. However‚ a new area of economics (called Behaviour Economics) explores the idea on whether economic agents (i.e. consumers) are always rational when making
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I recognize that there are times when it is not easy to understand why certain volume purchasing decisions . Why‚ for example‚ two things that are worth the same may prove yourselves so different: one seems to face me and the other dirt cheap? Or why when we compare high value purchases sometimes we do not mind paying more‚ even in similar qualities? ¿20 euros 20 euros are not always? Yes‚ its value is the same‚ but in the internal comparison we do where everything changes. It is also where many
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Report on some of your own irrational beliefs that have gotten you off course and lowered your self-esteem. Offer rational beliefs that you can take on to dispute your stinkin’ thinkin’. How will changing your irrational beliefs help you to achieve your academic goals? Our upsets are caused not so much by our problems as by what we think about our problems. When our thinking is full of irrational beliefs‚ what Ellis calls "stinkin’ thinkin’"‚ we feel awful even when the circumstances don’t warrant
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society shares. His society believes that everything must be done for the good of everyone. In the end of the book he decides that it is better for man to worry about themselves first. The main point of Rand’s essay‚ “How does One lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?” is that we as people need to make moral judgements. Equality made a moral judgement to no longer follow the ideas of the society that he left. I believe that it was correct for Equality to denounce the morals of his old society
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and reason‚ decision making influenced by emotions is often rash and destructive. Using logic and reason allows one to carefully calculate the payoff of each decision‚ as well as the potential risks involved. This can be applied to various situations in life‚ whether one is using logic in a game of chess or a financial decision in a business. However‚ countless instances in history and literature have shown us the effect one’s emotions may have on the ability to make logical decisions‚ such as the
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Irrational Exuberance and the Housing Bubble An investment in real estate is widely regarded as one of the best investments one can make. The notion that home prices will always rise is as strong as it is incorrect and in the early 2000’s this line of speculative thought led to a level of irrational exuberance that threatened to topple the U.S. economy and its financial system. After the dot.com bubble burst and the subsequent 70% drop in the NASDAQ‚ investors both professional and
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goals cannot go along with just military means lonely. The situation in Afghanistan is more complicated when America could not defeat Taliban thoroughly. However‚ the decision making of American leaders in relation between military using and political purpose has achieved several certain effectiveness. Applying the rational decision-making model to the situation in Afghanistan surge will analyze that military means are play an important role to achieve political ends.
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I.INTRODUCTION: Irrational exuberance means wishful thinking on the part of investors that blinds us to the truth of our situation (definition based on the book of Yale professor Robert Shiller) or can be simply understood as the overvalue/undervalue of the market because of irrational thoughts. The word irrational and exuberance themselves are not new‚ but they are first combined and used by Mr. Alan Greenspan- former Federal Reserve Board Chairman in his comments on December 5th‚ 1996. What
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An irrational behavior is defined as a behavior with no clear meanings and reason. It does not help you to progress towards your objective. In fact‚ there is a bunch of things we know we should take clear of but we do them anyway and vice versa. This is a reason why people are more attracted to products during the sales. In this case‚ irrational behavior leads people to cognitive dissonance because at some level‚ everybody has some reasons to do the “wrong” action. People are more attracted to
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