Daniel Kahneman Econ 490 fall 2019

I have been involved in various organizations, both as a worker within a governmental organization and a member within an RSO. I worked as a maintenance worker for my hometown’s park district which provided me insight into how organizations within a city government operate. I have also held several positions within my campus fraternity which has enabled me to learn more about the interpersonal workings within a smaller organization. I have worked as a parks maintenance for the Winnetka Park District. My hometown of Winnetka is located in the northern suburbs of Chicago which has a population of a little over 12,000, as well as twenty-five public parks. My job as a maintenance worker was essentially to monitor and maintain the various facilities and amenities within the parks, as well as their general cleanliness. The organization which presided over the park consisted of about fifteen people. Most of the employees were general laborers, while a few workers with higher levels of s...

Born on March 5 th , 1934, Daniel Kahneman is an Israeli economist known for his contributions to the field of behavioral economics. Kahneman spent his early life in Paris, France with his parents who had emigrated from Lithuania. Kahneman and his family fled to British Mandatory Palestine (prior to the creation of the state of Israel) during the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1954 with degrees in both psychology and mathematics. Following several years of military service, he attended the University of California at Berkeley, wherein he received his PhD in psychology. Kahneman began his career as a professor of cognitive psychology. His years as a psychology lecture gave him a large breadth of knowledge in the general fields of judgement and decision-making. This knowledge influenced his transition to the field of behavioral economics. Kahneman influenced a new economic school of thought pertaining to a “pos...