Review of Reviews: “A Behavioral Economics Analysis of Will Making Preferences: When to Begin and Who Should Have the Most Input,” Minnesota J. of Int’l Law (forthcoming 2023)Review of Reviews: “A Behavioral Economics Analysis of Will Making Preferences: When to Begin and Who Should Have the Most Input,” Minnesota J. of Int’l Law (forthcoming 2023)

If you’ve never looked into cognitive science and behavioral economics, you can have a lot of fun, and learn some fascinating things, by reading Daniel Kahneman’s book, Thinking Fast and Slow. Or if you just can’t imagine reading a 499-page non-fiction book, then how about a 368-page spritely written dual biography, which is Michael Lewis’ The Undoing Project, about the friendship of Kahneman, his great collaborator, Amos Tversky, and the area of inquiry they almost double-handedly invented. You won’t regret reading either.

Now on to the article. A team of researchers, some but not all lawyers, in the United States and Australia, wanted to know what two groups of individuals—the general public and estate-planning lawyers—thought about thr...