Ability Quote by Naomi Klein

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

[T]he truth is that drug addicts have a disease. It only takes a short time in the streets to realize that out-of-control addiction is…

— Jay-Z

“The successes (financial) represent addictive drives, whose negative impact in the world is tremendous. Who creates more suffering, somebody who sells an ounce of…

— Gabor Maté

I believe that free money is as addictive as cocaine

— Dennis Prager

“Suckers think that you cure greed with money, addiction with substances, expert problems with experts, banking with bankers, economics with economists, and debt crises…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“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

Economics really pervert every possible good thing that comes, whether it's food or a cure or a new technological advancement; anything like that is…

— Renee Elise Goldsberry

Many people in society are mastered by their money, unable to control their greed.

— Craig Williams

It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like…

— Dan Ariely

That's how our system works. It's a giant con game. One thing gets old, then you have to buy the next thing that gets…

— Tim Tharp

Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our…

— Peter Singer

I'm just saying that if you understand how the economic machine works, it just works like a machine. There are cause-effect relationships.

— Ray Dalio