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Best of Koenfucius 2023

My 10 most read posts of the past year

Jan 4, 2024

Best of Koenfucius 2023

Jan 4, 2024

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We are all economists

Mainstream and behavioural economics are two sides of the same coin

Jun 3, 2016

We are all economists

Jun 3, 2016

Good intentions gone bad — when information harms

The choice between knowledge (or disclosure) and ignorance (or secrecy) is not always a simple matter of personal preference

4d ago

An HIV test kit

4d ago

Are we all moral bullshitters?

Just like it is possible to speak without regard for the truth, it is possible to act without regard for morals

Feb 28

A “moral” compass with only N as compass points

Feb 28

United (or divided) by a coin flip

We are deeply hardwired to spot, and respond to differences between us and others, no matter how arbitrary

Feb 21

A hand with a coin in the palm

Feb 21

The price of loyalty

The intriguing psychology of airline loyalty schemes, and what it tells us about how we function

Feb 14

Ethiopian Airlines lounge in Addis Ababa

Feb 14

The ‘Anything but this’ trap

Whether leaving the EU was a good or a bad decision always was — and remains — a matter of preference. But the decision-making process to…

Feb 9

An old EU-style British passport (crossed out)

Feb 9

A dramatic wedding — when joy and grief collide

An unexpected tragic event reveals the essence of decision making

Jan 31

The church of St Teilo in Bishopston

Jan 31

The trouble with the truth

Meta’s abandonment of fact-checking for community notes exposes an uncomfortable truth about ourselves

Jan 24

The trouble with the truth

Jan 24

Why the familiar feels safer (even when it isn’t)

The way we resort to double standards when judging the risks of what is novel against what is current can be an obstacle to genuine…

Jan 17

A Waymo self-driving car in traffic

Jan 17

Koen Smets

Koen Smets

Accidental behavioural economist in search of wisdom using insights from (behavioural) economics in organization development. On Twitter/Bluesky as @koenfucius

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