Behavioral economics Quote by Daniel H. Pink

Interestingly, human irrationality is a hot topic in economics at the moment. Behavioural economics it's called, on the cusp of economics and psychology.

— Evan Davis

“Standard economics assumes that we are rational... But, as the results presented in this book (and others) show, we are far less rational in…

— Dan Ariely

“our irrationality happens the same way, again and again. Whether we are acting as consumers, businesspeople, or policy makers, understanding how we are predictably…

— Dan Ariely

“It is telling commentary on economic orthodoxy that a whole subdiscipline--behavioral economics--and a raft of lab experiments are needed to show that humans often…

— Kaushik Basu

I practice what has come to be called behavioral economics.

— Richard Thaler

We are all far less rational in our decision-making than standard economic theory assumes. Our irrational behaviors are neither random nor senseless: they are…

— Dan Ariely

While the apostles of the new so-called "behavioral" theory present ample evidence of how often human beings make irrational financial decisions, it remains to…

— John C. Bogle

“In the field of behavioral economics, neoliberalism allows that human behavior often deviates from the model of Homo economicus. The deviations considered, however, focus…

— Susan Neiman

Have you ever heard of the book 'Freakonomics?' So there's these two economics professors, and they're really interesting guys, and they wrote these books.…

— Oliver Luck

How could economics not be behavioral? If it isn't behavioral, what the hell is it?

— Charlie Munger

“One conceit of economics is that markets as a whole can perform fairly rationally, even if many of the participants within them are irrational.…

— Nate Silver

It is true that I am one of the co-authors of 'Nudge,' and I am a behavioral economist, but it does not mean that…

— Richard Thaler