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We should teach the students, as well as executives, how to conduct experiments, how to examine data, and how to use these tools to make better decisions.

~Dan Ariely

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It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like Homer Simpson than Superman. So from this perspective it is rather depressing. But at the same time there is also a silver lining. There are free lunches!

~Dan Ariely

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I always found the appeal to the market gods a bit odd. Why would the market fix mistakes instead of aggravating them?

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While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.

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It is helpful to think of people as having two fundamental motivations: the desire to see ourselves as honest, good people, and the desire to gain the benefits that come from cheating - on our taxes or on the football field.

~Dan Ariely

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Biography

Nationality: Israeli

Type: Economist

Born: April 29th, 1967

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