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Dan Ariely

Behavioral Economist, CFB Guest Blogger

Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University and visiting Professor at the MIT Media Lab. A behavioral economist, Ariely’s research has shown that we all succumb to irrationality in situations where rational thought is expected. He is an expert on how people actually act – and why they act – in all kinds of business and economic environments, and what this means for business innovation, strategy, marketing and pricing.

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danarielypi3 How did financial players lose sight of the economy?

How did financial players lose sight of the economy?

One popular view is that the financiers involved in the economic crisis were evil human beings. Not only is this view incorrect; I worry that adapting it will not lead us to actually fixing the real problems in the market. 
Here, it’s helpful to describe a set of experiments we have done with some MIT and [...]

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