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 ...

Perhaps the most enduring talent of human beings is their ability to make bad decisions. Dan Ariely, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University, studies ...

Dan Ariely is a professor of behavioral economics at Duke University and the best-selling author of Misbelief, Dollars and Sense, and Predictably Irrational. In this podcast, Motley Fool contributor ...

Ariely's new book, Predictably Irrational examines real-life decision making in an effort to determine why we waste money, underestimate risks,... Dan Ariely Takes on 'Irrational' Economic Impulses ...

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 ...

For centuries, economics was built on a clean, mathematical premise: people make rational choices. They weigh costs and benefits, analyze risks, and select the option that maximizes their utility. It ...

Dan Ariely holds a joint appointment between MIT's Program in Media Arts and Sciences and Sloan School of Management. He is the principal investigator of the Lab's eRationality group and a visiting ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Dan Ariely is a Professor for Fuqua School of Business in the Duke University with four videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2009 Interview as a ...

Dan Ariely holds a joint appointment between MIT's Program in Media Arts and Sciences and Sloan School of Management. He is the principal investigator of the Lab's eRationality group and a visiting ...

Despite our intentions, why do we so often fail to act in our own best interest? Why do we promise to skip the chocolate cake, only to find ourselves drooling our way into temptation when the dessert ...