Search Results for: Behavioural Economics

Traditionally economists have based their economic predictions on the assumption that humans are super-rational creatures, using the information we are given ef

What is behavioral economics and why is it important? -- The ascent and dissent of economics -- Econ: homo economicus -- Human: more homer (simpson) than homo e

In this book, David K. Levine questions the idea that behavioral economics is the answer to economic problems. He explores the successes and failures of contemp

The controversial science that claims to have revolutionised economics. For centuries, economics was dominated by the idea that we are rational individuals who

A guide to the study of how and why you really make financial decisions While classical economics is based on the notion that people act with rational self-inte