Author: Dan Ariely
Publisher: HarperCollins
Keywords: shape, decisions, forces, hidden, irrational, predictably
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2008-02-19
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 006135323X
ISBN-13: 9780061353239

Why do our headaches persist after taking a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a 50-cent aspirin? Why does recalling the Ten Commandments reduce our tendency to lie, even when we couldn’t possibly be caught? Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-five cents on a can of soup? Why do we go back for second helpings at the unlimited buffet, even when our stomachs are already full? And how did we ever start spending $4.15 on a cup of coffee when, just a few years ago, we used to pay less than a dollar? When it comes to making decisions in our

Author: Dan Ariely
Publisher: HarperAudio
Keywords: shape, decisions, forces, hidden, irrational, predictably
Published: 2008-02-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 006145785X
ISBN-13: 9780061457852

Why do our headaches persist after taking a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a 50-cent aspirin? Why does recalling the Ten Commandments reduce our tendency to lie, even when we couldn’t possibly be caught? Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-five cents on a can of soup? Why do we go back for second helpings at the unlimited buffet, even when our stomachs are already full? And how did we ever start spending $4.15 on a cup of coffee when, just a few years ago, we used to pay less than a dollar? When it comes to making decisions in our

Author: Dan Ariely
Publisher: Harper
Keywords: forces, shape, decisions, hidden, expanded, irrational, revised, predictably
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2009-06-01
List price: $27.99
ISBN-10: 0061854549
ISBN-13: 9780061854545

How do we think about money? What caused bankers to lose sight of the economy? What caused individuals to take on mortgages that were not within their means?What irrational forces guided our decisions?And how can we recover from an economic crisis? In this revised and expanded edition of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Predictably Irrational, Duke University’s behavioral economist Dan Ariely explores the hidden forces that shape our decisions, including some of the causes responsible for the current economic crisis. Bringing a much-needed dose of sophisticated psy

Author: Dan Ariely
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: forces, shape, decisions, hidden, expanded, irrational, revised, predictably
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2010-05-01
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0061353248
ISBN-13: 9780061353246

Why do our headaches persist after we take a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a fifty-cent aspirin? Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-five cents on a can of soup? When it comes to making decisions in our lives, we think we’re making smart, rational choices. But are we? In this newly revised and expanded edition of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. From drinking coffee to losing weight, from buying a car to choosing a romantic partner, we co

Author: Richard B. McKenzie
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: rational, economics, behavior, search, predictably, defenses
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 2009-11-18
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 3642015859
ISBN-13: 9783642015854

Mainstream economists everywhere exhibit an "irrational passion for dispassionate rationality." Behavioral economists, and long-time critic of mainstream economics suggests that people in mainstrean economic models "can think like Albert Einstein, store as much memory as IBM’s Big Blue, and exercise the will power of Mahatma Gandhi," with a view that economists’ view of homo sapiens is simply wrongheaded. Indeed, Thaler and other behavioral economists and psychology have documented a variety of ways in which real-world people fall far short of mainstream economists’ idealized economi

Author: Amy Orr-Ewing
Publisher: IVP Books
Keywords: irrational, god, believing
Number of Pages: 141
Published: 2008-10
List price: $13.00
ISBN-10: 0830833536
ISBN-13: 9780830833535

Is God really real? And how can we know if anyone’s experience of God is actually valid? Skeptics today are increasingly vocal in their assertion not only that God is unverifiable, but also that believing in God is irrational and even dangerous. Even those who believe wonder if they can speak objectively about the actual reality of God or if they can only appeal to a subjective belief in God. Amy Orr-Ewing addresses key questions and objections that many people today have about God. She explores whether our understanding of God is delusional or merely a psychological crutch. She pr

Author: Robert J. Shiller
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: exuberance, irrational
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2000-03-15
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0691050627
ISBN-13: 9780691050621

In this bold and potentially urgent volume, Robert J. Shiller, a respected expert on market volatility, offers an unconventional interpretation of recent U.S. stock market highs and shows that Alan Greenspan’s term "irrational exuberance" is a good description of the mood behind the market. He warns that poorer performance may be in the offing and tells us how we--as a country and individually--can respond.Shiller credits an unprecedented confluence of events with driving stocks to uncharted heights. He analyzes the structural and psychological factors that explain why the Dow Jones Indu