"Interestingly, human irrationality is a hot topic in……" — Evan Davis
"Interestingly, human irrationality is a hot topic in economics at the moment. Behavioural economics it's called, on the cusp of economics and psychology."
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63 Quotes by Evan Davis
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Black Friday is not another bad hair day in Wall Street. It's the term used by American retailers to describe…
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Even though disciplined sleeping habits and the adrenalin of live radio ensures that we are very awake while on duty,…
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At the BBC we've had plenty of women in good management jobs. It comes and goes but there's been plenty.…
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Britain, however, has ended up specializing in the ones you don't see as much of: defense aerospace, making drive shafts…
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I don't keep it secret that I live with my partner Gio. I'm very proud of my gayness. But there…
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It doesn't annoy me but I think of myself as a presenter who is gay, rather than a gay presenter.…
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But sometimes it's good to dare yourself to do the unthinkable. And rather than stand in front of an audience…
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For me, the main principle for broadcasters has to be that if people stand to benefit from an interview, they…
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For years, we've grown dependant on American consumers as the world's spenders of last resort. They've kept Europe out of…
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I've never enjoyed sleep as much until I got the 'Today' job. There is something about early sleep that's much…
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Interest rate cuts have an effect in stimulating an economy by directly or indirectly making someone, somewhere, spend more than…
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It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks…
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More Behavioural Quotes
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one of 17 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I've had a lot of cognitive behavioural therapy, and am having a family now.
— Trisha Goddard
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I have been in a youth hostel...You are put in a kitchen with seventeen venture scouts with behavioural difficulties and…
— Victoria Wood
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Well if manners maketh man make-up maketh woman.And we don't need a phalanx of behavioural scientists to explain why man…
— Kathy Lette
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Shortly after I turned 13, Child Welfare took me into care. I was sent to a residential centre where girls…
— Liz Murray
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Education turns an empty mind into an open mind. It turns information into behavioural transformation
— Shiv Khera
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Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as…
— Evan Davis
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Since the web is totally worldwide, we need a set of behavioural rules, laws they are commonly called, that are…
— Robert Cailliau
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Put simply, behavioural economics argues that human beings' decision-taking is guided by the evolutionary baggage which we bring with us…
— Evan Davis
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Too often we forget that discipline really means to teach, not to punish. A disciple is a student, not a…
— Daniel J. Siegel
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In fact there was only one species on the planet more intelligent than dolphins, and they spent a lot of…
— Douglas Adams
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Today, you have neuroscientists working on a genetic, behavioural or cognitive level, and then you have informaticians, chemists and mathematicians.…
— Henry Markram
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Research has shown that it takes 31 days of conscious effort to make or break a habit. That means, if…
— Shiv Khera
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