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Oct. 22, 2019

Money Matters

Sivan Whiteley handles legal questions for mobile payment platform Square Inc.

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While learning about rational choice theory, the thought that humans make decisions dictating behavior based on logically reasoned choices, Sivan Whiteley wondered if the law influenced rational choice.

“I thought about law not being a lawyer but about law as the meta way of affecting how people make decisions,” Whiteley said. “What laws do you put in place so that people do things that are good for society and don’t do t... (continued)

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