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Economics · 7 min

Misbehaving: Decoding Our Predictable Irrationality

By Richard Thaler

Nobel laureate Richard Thaler's 'Misbehaving' reveals the predictable psychological biases that shape our economic decisions. This episode explores how understanding our inherent irrationality, from the endowment effect to mental accounting, can lead to better personal choices and public policy.

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Economics
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7 min
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“Nobel laureate Richard Thaler's 'Misbehaving' reveals the predictable psychological biases that shape our economic decisions. This episode explores how understanding our inherent irrationality, from the endowment effect to mental accounting, can lead to better personal choices and public policy.”

— Richard Thaler, Misbehaving: Decoding Our Predictable Irrationality

What it is about

behavioral economics, bias, decision making

Who it is for

Listeners seeking to sharpen their judgment on human behavior and economic choices will find a powerful framework here, revealing how predictable psychological biases drive decisions in markets, policies, and personal finance, enabling a more sophisticated understanding of the world.

The author

Richard Thaler, a Nobel laureate, fundamentally reshaped economic thought by integrating human psychology, offering the definitive lens for understanding the predictable biases that drive our decisions and markets.

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Richard Thaler

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