As the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic drags on, millions of Americans are facing tough financial decisions. Just this month alone, nearly one-third of households (32%) had outstanding ...

Two years ago, the star researcher Dan Ariely, a behavioral scientist, fell into the spotlight when a trio of data sleuths exposed problems with the numbers supporting a headline-making 2012 study he ...

Bemoaning America’s productivity slowdown, behavioral economist Dan Ariely set out to find what really motivates us. Behavior is driven by emotion, he concluded, not rewards like money; the ability to ...

In the latest in economics correspondent Paul Solman's Making Sense series, behavioral economist Dan Ariely mulls decision-making mechanisms in finance and they ways in which many people rationalize ...

We often think that our decisions are our own. But Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely explains how our environment — even something as simple as how a question is framed — can affect what we choose. So ...

Dan Ariely is the author of Predictable Irrationality, a favorite book around Fool HQ, and -- oh yeah -- he's also the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University ...

If you think about the process of de-cumulating wealth, and making the rational decision, it's really, very, very tough. We focus on inequality of the top side but the real terrible thing is it's the ...

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State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Madison, is the biggest investor by far in a relatively new exchange-traded fund that offers exposure to an investment factor developed by Irrational Capital, a ...