Behavioral Economist

10/28/2025

Why are rich kids so good at the marshmallow test?

Affluence—not willpower—seems to be what’s behind some kids’ capacity to delay gratification.

10/26/2025

The joys of joint evaluation.

Research on the "decoy effect" reveals one way bias sneaks into hiring decisions. It also suggests a solution.

10/24/2025

People who are high in attachment anxiety may use money to get attention and for example, buy expensive gifts to try to win a partner's love. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200225114410.htm

Attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance can both have negative consequences for well-being due, at least in part, to financial reasons, researchers found.

10/23/2025

What biases do stock traders succumb to? https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/12/29/trading-bots-is-it-game-over-for-human-financial-analysts-syndication/

It’s often said that a trader’s worst enemy is himself. Behavioral biases tend to throw otherwise rational trading strategies out of whack as anxieties over loss aversion, the fear of missing out, or even overconfidence take control—ultimat

10/22/2025

To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us. To***co, alcohol and obesity kill over 14 million people each year.

To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us on x (opens in a new window)To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us on facebook (opens in a new window)To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us on linkedin (opens in a new window)To improve global h...

10/21/2025

Behavioral economics is a work in progress and...

Is a preoccupation with biases hindering behavioral economics?

10/19/2025

Hire better by dissecting your hiring candidates.

If there is one consistent yet underappreciated principle for making good hires, it's that process beats technology.

10/18/2025

Time4learning and Khan Academy work especially well because of their animated/digital format https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191219090736.htm

Researchers found that digital storybooks that animate upon a child's vocalization offer beneficial learning opportunities, especially for children with less developed attention regulation.

10/17/2025

Why I love London School of Economics - Understanding & Influence

10/16/2025

📔 Are your reading a good Behavioral Economics related book right now? Can you recommend reading it, or not?

10/15/2025

You achieved your goal and...you experience arrival fallacy and its just not quite what you expected. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/smarter-living/you-accomplished-something-great-so-now-what.html

Career success doesn’t always equal happiness, so here’s how to deal when achieving a goal leaves you feeling empty inside.