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cord-025278-6ttdtjvn	Rao, Pritika	Behavioral economics in the time of coronavirus: rebellion or “willful ignorance” in the face of “grand challenges”	2020-05-27		.txt	text/plain	2957	121	45	In the face of large-scale global issues, that Lazaric (2020) refers to as "grand challenges," fraught with uncertainties and informational asymmetries, we delve deeper into the complexities of the factors that influence decision-making at various levels as we try to make sense of behavior. We wonder if reasons include the outright rejection of facts or perhaps the unwillingness to even receive information that has the potential adversely affect one's welfare or self-interests—a tendency that Grossman and Van Der Weele (2017) term "willful ignorance." We conclude with a few lessons and recommendations that can help understand and motivate behavior. Grossman and Van Der Weele (2017) cite an important behavioral trait that they term "willful ignorance," or the act of "avoiding information about adverse welfare consequences of self-interested decisions"(p.1). Routines involve both cognitive and political dynamics that inform collective learning, just as habits also take knowledge, social, and institutional structure considerations into account (Lazaric 2000) .	./cache/cord-025278-6ttdtjvn.txt	./txt/cord-025278-6ttdtjvn.txt