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Best of Koenfucius 2023

My 10 most read posts of the past year

Jan 4

Best of Koenfucius 2023

Jan 4

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Koen Smets

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

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Can price controls beat the market?

Economists have been insisting that price controls are bad economics forever. Are they (unconditionally) right?

4d ago

A concert ticket for Oasis frozen in a block of ice

4d ago

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Freedom for sale

Whether we do so voluntarily or not, whether we even realize it, we constantly trade our freedom. Do we buy and sell it at the right price?

Aug 30

A tightrope walker holding two weighty balls, one showing “Freedom” the other showing “Constraints”

Aug 30

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When winning is not the right thing

Running in second place at some distance in a cross country run, an athlete sees the front runner slowing down few paces from the finish…

Aug 23

A group of cross country runners in a race

Aug 23

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Strong, but weakly held

When we are convinced that we are right, it is tempting to crank up our determination, making us stray into the land of fallacies

Aug 16

A just vaccinated arm

Aug 16

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Insane choices

For many Americans, the notion that anyone could vote for Donald Trump is beyond comprehension. For many other Americans, the notion that…

Aug 9

Insane choices

Aug 9

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Outrage and curiosity

Outrage seems to rule the information waves. Might we be giving in too easily to that emotion? How might we turn it down a few notches?

Aug 2

A mask depicting Outrage and one depicting Curiosity, somewhat like the Comedy/Tragedy masks representing Thalia and Melpomene

Aug 2

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Damn you, Theory of Mind!

Arguably one of humanity’s greatest powers is our ability to attribute states of mind to other people, and to understand that these may be…

Jul 26

Heads in silhouette with exclamation/question marks, signifying the unknown content of other people’s minds

Jul 26

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No regrets?

Regret is an important and constructive emotion in decision making, even for presidential candidates, but at the same time, we are quite…

Jul 19

Graffiti depicting Edith Piaf with the inscription I don’t regret anything

Jul 19

Koen Smets

Koen Smets

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

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