Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman (/ˈkɑːnəmən/; Hebrew: דניאל כהנמן; March 5, 1934 – March 27, 2024) was an Israeli-American psychologist and economist. He won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Vernon L. Smith). He won the Nobel Prize for studying economics by using tools from psychology.^[1]

Daniel Kahneman
Kahneman In 2004
Born	(1934-03-05)March 5, 1934 Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
Died	March 27, 2024(2024-03-27) (aged 90) Nunningen, Switzerland
Nationality	United States, Israel
Education	Hebrew University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD)
Known for	Cognitive biases Behavioral economics Prospect theory Loss aversion
Spouse(s)	Ira Kahneman Anne Treisman ​ ​ (m. 1978; died 2018)​
Awards	APA Lifetime Achievement Award (2007) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2002) Tufts University Leontief Prize (2010) APS Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award (1982) University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award (2003)
Scientific career
Fields	Psychology, economics
Institutions	Princeton University 1993– University of California, Berkeley 1986–93 University of British Columbia 1978–86 Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences 1972–73 Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1961–77
Thesis	An analytical model of the semantic differential (1961)
Doctoral advisor	Susan M. Ervin-Tripp
Doctoral students	Anat Ninio Avishai Henik Baruch Fischhoff Ziv Carmon
Website	princeton.edu/~kahneman/

In 2011, he was named by Foreign Policy magazine in its list of top global thinkers. In the same year, his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, which summarizes much of his research, was published and became a best seller.^[2]

Kahneman died on March 27, 2024 in Nunningen, Switzerland from assisted suicide at the age of 90.^{[3] [4]} He chose to end his life after becoming afraid that he would get dementia like his wife did.^[4]