Topic: behavioral economics
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DumbAgent posted a blog entry
Behavioral Revolution?
In what promises to be a trend, here is an article by David Brooks about how the recent economic crisis is going to spell the...
In what promises to be a trend, here is an article by David Brooks about how the recent economic crisis is going to spell the...
Kasondra K posted a blog entry
Consumers Doping Themselves Into Debt
Did you know that there is a hormone in your brain, that can lead you into more debt? Dopamine [pictured left], is a hormone...
Did you know that there is a hormone in your brain, that can lead you into more debt? Dopamine [pictured left], is a hormone...
psycolor posted a blog entry
Sarah Palin vs Joe Biden: The Post-Election View
You know the rules from the last posts . Here’s how the Palin-Biden showdown looks now that the election is over: Sarah...
You know the rules from the last posts . Here’s how the Palin-Biden showdown looks now that the election is over: Sarah...
Ed Brenegar posted a blog entry
Emotions: Validation or Liberation
The posts over the past few days that focus on behavioral economics prodded me to begin to think about how emotions actually...
The posts over the past few days that focus on behavioral economics prodded me to begin to think about how emotions actually...
Ed Brenegar posted a blog entry
Change: the alluring appeal
Steve Roesler, of All Things Workplace blog and a fellow Age of Conversation 2 author, commented on my Taleb on the Crisis...
Steve Roesler, of All Things Workplace blog and a fellow Age of Conversation 2 author, commented on my Taleb on the Crisis...
ommachi posted a blog entry
Irony of Lecturing on Poverty
The lecture on THE IRONY OF POVERTY by Sendhil Mullainathan[1] is disappointing. But the transcript is worth a read (there is...
The lecture on THE IRONY OF POVERTY by Sendhil Mullainathan[1] is disappointing. But the transcript is worth a read (there is...
alchemy posted a blog entry
Irony of Lecturing on Poverty
The lecture on THE IRONY OF POVERTY by Sendhil Mullainathan[1] is disappointing. But the transcript is worth a read (there is...
The lecture on THE IRONY OF POVERTY by Sendhil Mullainathan[1] is disappointing. But the transcript is worth a read (there is...
Ed Brenegar posted a blog entry
Quick Takes: Taleb on the Crisis
If you've read me for a while, you'll know that I am a fan of Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the former derivatives trader and author...
If you've read me for a while, you'll know that I am a fan of Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the former derivatives trader and author...
psycolor posted a blog entry
How many rich and poor people are there in the USA?
Think you know it all? A good deal of decision-making research centers around people’s abilities to make accurate...
Think you know it all? A good deal of decision-making research centers around people’s abilities to make accurate...
Alex Schleber posted a blog entry
The Financial Crisis And Human Psychology: Cutting Off Your Nose To…
MIT Professor and behavioral economist Dan Ariely (who’s excellent book "Predictably Irrational" I have...
MIT Professor and behavioral economist Dan Ariely (who’s excellent book "Predictably Irrational" I have...
Alex Schleber posted a blog entry
Psychological Aspects of the Financial Crisis: In Warren Buffett We Trust?
The news regarding the ongoing problems in our financial systems, analysis and second-guessing of those news, and prescriptions...
The news regarding the ongoing problems in our financial systems, analysis and second-guessing of those news, and prescriptions...
psycolor posted a blog entry
Why Are People Against the Bailout?
I would like to propose that one reason people oppose the government bailout is because they want revenge on the companies...
I would like to propose that one reason people oppose the government bailout is because they want revenge on the companies...
psycolor posted a blog entry
New Heights of Dishonesty in the Government
Every time I think that cheating in the public sector cannot possibly get worse I get amazed. Here is a report from the New...
Every time I think that cheating in the public sector cannot possibly get worse I get amazed. Here is a report from the New...
psycolor posted a blog entry
Sarah Palin vs Joe Biden: Round Two
Last time, we looked at whether the Internet thought that Sarah Palin and Joe Biden were considered good or bad choices. This...
Last time, we looked at whether the Internet thought that Sarah Palin and Joe Biden were considered good or bad choices. This...
