Richard Thaler Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
Richard Thaler, an economist at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, is this year’s recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Behavioral Economics
Fifty Ways to Leave Your Economy Fundamentally Transformed
Tim Harford, better known to some as the Undercover Economist, brings the dismal science to life through brilliant storytelling and lively prose in his books, articles, and radio shows.
Paul Dolan: Designing for Workplace Well-being
With workplace well-being, we know there is a very meaningful distinction between pleasure and purpose.
Rationalizing the “Irrational”
When we examine objectives from an evolutionary biology perspective, we see that what appears irrational might simply be a misunderstanding on our part of what someone’s objectives are.
Cass Sunstein: Picking vs. Choosing
I was much influenced by a brilliant, pathbreaking paper, “Picking and Choosing,” by Edna Ullmann-Margalit and Sidney Morgenbesser.
Mad at Nate Silver About Election 2016? Why Behavioral Economics Suggests You Shouldn’t Be
The aftermath of Donald Trump’s election has led some to cast aspersions on analysts like Nate Silver, who made predictions about the election’s outcome.