From the algorithm that raises your insurance premium to institutional denials over state scandals, it’s a problem with deep roots
The Bard was understandably loose with his numbers. We must do better
The Victorian economist’s analysis of energy use is useful but not inescapable
If only we’d followed Wright’s Law, solar tech could have been cheaper much sooner
The endurance athlete has completed a feat that defies belief — but her motivations are familiar
Market failures occur because consumers are not the all-knowing rational agents that appear in economic models
An accidental invader of economics, his insights changed the discipline forever
Renowned collaborative researcher debunked notion that people tend to make rational economic decisions
At the right price, supply and demand match perfectly, the challenge is merely to find it
In the US, fewer people died during the great recession. Why?
My son’s headmaster joked about his favourite team’s success but publication bias can have more serious consequences
I watched it so you don’t have to — and I spotted three broader parallels with the real world
The board game sums up wider misunderstandings about the role of economics
Eugene Fama protégé warns a mass of superfluous data is confusing many investors
Desynchronised working makes sense, as long as you don’t think too hard about real people
Are you reflective, careless or hopeless? The answer might affect your ability to spot fake news
Businesses have cashed in on our carelessness
Neither organisations nor people can learn from their errors if they deny mistakes ever happened
The phenomenon that makes it hard to accurately judge value — and what it tells us
Consumer inattentiveness boosts revenues of businesses between an estimated 14% and over 200%
Reputational hits to behavioural science have cast undue doubt on its policy application
Nudge theorists, riding high for the past decade, may have been overselling their wares
Field that includes ‘nudge’ theory has gained broad traction within businesses but some findings are contested
Internet platforms are the latest example of a product destined to go to the dogs
Environmentalists say unified messaging and policy are vital for behavioural change
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