The Behavioral Economics Secrets to Better Hiring, Negotiating, and Bidding

Behavioral economics pioneer Richard H. Thaler and Alex O. Imas offer a guide to better decision-making when the stakes are high.
City Journal

Irrational Economic Man

For roughly two decades, the new science of behavioral economics has been challenging what economists call “rational choice theory.” Rational choice theory described that primate species called Homo ...
LAist

Dissecting People's 'Predictably Irrational' Behavior

As a behavioral economist, Dan Ariely studies the way people make economic decisions. His conclusion? We don't do it the way economists typically say we do. Instead, he finds, humans are "predictably ...
Seeking Alpha

W. P. Carey: Post-Hoc Exploitation Of Irrational Behavior

I frequently see investors get into trouble by trying to anticipate irrationality and trading on that prediction. The market frequently does act irrationally, but the better way to take advantage is ...
Reuters

Cloud Computing: The Dangers of Irrational Economics

This weekend saw the publication by Joe Weinman, coiner of the term "Cloudonomics," of a blog post called "Lazy, Hazy, Crazy: The 10 Laws of Behavioral Cloudonomics". Joe has published a great deal ...
Nature

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Irrational Beliefs

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is an established cognitive-behavioural intervention centred on identifying and challenging irrational beliefs that contribute to emotional disturbances.