Behavioral Quote by Richard Thaler

You don't become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems.

— Mark Victor Hansen

If you're not failing 90% of the time, then you're probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems.

— Alan Kay

I'm motivated by solving new and challenging problems, especially ones that people say can't or shouldn't be tackled.

— Ryan Holmes

I practice what has come to be called behavioral economics.

— Richard Thaler

Increased physical activity during the school day can help children's attention, classroom behavior, and achievement test scores. Meanwhile, the decline of play is closely…

— Darell Hammond

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— Steven D. Levitt

One reason citizens, politicians and university donors sometimes lack confidence in the social sciences is that social scientists too often miss the chance to…

— Nicholas A. Christakis

I'm not suggesting that social scientists stop teaching and investigating classic topics like monopoly power, racial profiling and health inequality. But everyone knows that…

— Nicholas A. Christakis

The great myth that many social scientists want to encourage is that there is an incompatibility between modern technology and traditional religion. This is…

— Rodney Stark

Economists and technologists bring the "bits", but it requires the social scientists and humanists to bring the "wits.

— Kenneth E. Boulding

Can a controlled experiment explain why people like Kewpie dolls in one year, Beanie Babies in another, and American Girl dolls this year? Yet…

— Robert J. Shiller

In the late 60s, 70s and possibly early 80s, social scientists were interested in researching the diffusion of innovation and studying the link between…

— Ruth Simmons