Health Care and Behavioral Economics
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It has been said that “goodness without knowledge is weak and feeble, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous.”1 Peter Diamond is one of those extremely rare people who combine knowledge and goodness. Indeed—and I hope this doesn’t offend anyone in the room—Peter is probably the smartest person I know. In addition to that, he is simply a wonderful person and colleague. I am thrilled that the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) has awarded him this year’s Robert Ball Award. I will have more to say about Peter during the award ceremony later on.
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The behavioral economics of health and health care.
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