I spoke to Dan Ariely, the author of Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter, about why he decided to focus on money for his book, why the world of personal finance is ...

Dan Ariely, a professor at Duke University who's widely considered one of the most prominent leaders in the field of behavioral economics, shared his perspective on the surprise presidential victory ...

Back in the dim distant days of technology, there was a wedge between people and computers. Software was complicated, had strange keyboard commands, error messages ...

For humans, it may be difficult to make rational decisions when spending money. As it’s factors, Mr. Ariely lists six elements: "emotions," "relativity," "pain of paying," "mental accounting," "magic ...

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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 ...

For much of modern capitalism, economists and investors tended to regard labor as an undifferentiated lump. While often necessary for the running of companies, the idea was generally to use as little ...

Being savvy with money can come with a steep learning curve, even for financial experts. And for recent college graduates, learning how to spend and save can be even more of a challenge. Dan Ariely, a ...

Dan Ariely: I think probably HR. When you're trying to interview people, you try to understand them. You're trying to understand [what their potential is] and trying to understand what they're hiding.

Editor’s Note: Dan Ariely, a noted behavioral economist at Duke University and author of Predictably Irrational, is different from many of his economist colleagues. Ariely studies irrationality in ...

Editor's Note: With Valentine's Day now upon us, what better time than now to talk to Dan Ariely? The professor of behavioral economics and psychology at Duke University gave a Google Talk on ...