Nobel laureate Richard H. Thaler has spent his career s…
6 books recommended by Richard Thaler, Nobel Prize winner and a founding father of behavioral economics
Michael Lewis and Daniel Kahneman topped the list of his favorite authors.
The Nobel for Econsplaining
Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson won a prize for applying economics to the very things economics is inherently bad at figuring out
This year’s Nobel prizes prompt soul-searching among economists
The rise of randomised controlled trials looks to some like a retreat from the biggest questions
Opinion | Why Is Behavioral Economics So Popular? (Published 2018)
The recent vogue for this academic field is in part a triumph of marketing.
Five Books: The best books on Behavioural Economics, recommended by Dan Ariely
The best behavioral economics books, as discussed by the brilliant Professor of psychology and behavioral economics, Dan Ariely.
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Human Ecology (CIA MKULTRA front) gave behavioral scientist BF Skinner $5K to write Beyond Freedom and Dignity, where he argued to abolish the inner man & control behavior. His methods later reached schools, where researchers & drug companies tested kids w/ learning difficulties. https://t.co/TQilUoMYQv pic.twitter.com/sZkr4fDqFN— RJ Moreau 🇧🇹 (@toxictiramisu) March 18, 2026
The High Cost of Not Doing Experiments - Behavioral Scientist
We can pay dearly, in blood, treasure, and well-being, for experiments that aren’t done. -Richard Nisbett, Mindware
We don’t have a hundred biases, we have the wrong model
Behavioral economics has identified dozens of cognitive biases that stop us from acting 'rationally'. But instead of building up a messier and messier picture of human behavior, we need a new model.
Vitalik Buterin on Cryptoeconomics and Markets in Everything (Ep. 45)
Is he secretly the best young economist today?
Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider
Welcome. I’m a professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where I direct the Media Economies Design Lab and teach and learn from our students. I’ve written a book each on online democracy, cooperative enterprise, the Occupy movement, and God, and I’ve edited ones about solidarity economies, crypto, and co-ops. Reporting articles for both magazines and academic journals keeps my notebooks filled. Working with others to build a democratic economy keeps me accountable.
How Field Experiments in Economics Can Complement Psychological Research on Judgment Biases
This review summarizes results of field experiments examining individual behaviors across several market settings—from open-air markets to rideshare markets to tax-compliance markets—where people sort themselves into market roles wherein they make consequential decisions. Using three distinct examples from my own research on the endowment effect, left-digit bias, and omission bias, I showcase how field experiments can help researchers understand mediators, heterogeneity, and causal moderation involved in judgment biases in the field. In this manner, the review highlights that economic field experiments can serve an invaluable intellectual role alongside traditional laboratory research.
When is an economist not an economist?
A fraught question that warrants reflection on who gets to be a member of the influential informal guild
On the Ersatz Nobel: The Old Monetary Policy is Dying, and The New Monetary Policy Struggles to be Born
Yesterday the Nobel Prize fake Nobel Prize the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was again awarded. For the unique and bizarre history of this prize, see the piece I wrote five years ago pointing out that this prize was a form of “central bank
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In the 1970s, radical economists left the university to work as activists. From the Union for Radical Political Economics to economic affairs bulletins, our book of the week investigates how the New Left changed economics.By Tiago Mata on @CambridgeUPhttps://t.co/aQQi9nqd0C pic.twitter.com/FM1A9nK5vN— The Syllabus (@syllabus_tweets) September 1, 2026
Pay Enough or Don't Pay at All*
Abstract. Economists usually assume that monetary incentives improve performance, and psychologists claim that the opposite may happen. We present and disc
