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 ...

In mid-July, a crowd filled the lower level of The Regulator Bookshop in Durham beyond capacity for a talk by the Duke professor and best-selling author Dan Ariely. His new book, The Upside of ...

In my last post, I review and highly recommend my fellow PT blogger Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational. The book is full of fascinating examples of how actual human behavior – the choices and ...

Editor’s Note: Dan Ariely, a noted behavioral economist at Duke University and author of Predictably Irrational, is different from many of his economist colleagues. Ariely studies irrationality in ...

In my last post, I review and highly recommend my fellow PT blogger Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational. The book is full of fascinating examples of how actual human behavior – the choices and ...

When it comes to the artful science of economics, most American farmers and ranchers are classic Ricardians, or followers of David Ricardo, an 18th century English stock trader whose influential book, ...