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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

Evolutionary economics Part 2 — Within and between

Evolution has infused life with economic principles — not just in individual cells and in individual organisms’ relationships with each…

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Evolutionary economics Part 2 — Within and between

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Evolutionary economics — Part 1: Evolutionary origins of economic principles

That economics goes back further than the ‘father of economics’, Adam Smith, is not really contested. But might it go back way beyond the…

May 6

Adam Smith as bacteria in the primordial soup

May 6

The flipping point: when partisans change their minds

Extreme partisanship is the unconditional, unshakeable support of a person, group, party or cause. But is there really nothing that can…

May 2

An old-fashioned lightswitch

May 2

The trouble with — and without — emotions

Emotions can unhelpfully interfere with sound decision making, but they are also crucial for making good choices. We have them, and AI…

Apr 21

A coffin surrounded by flowers

Apr 21

Two economic blind spots we all share

We’ve had countless generations to get to grips with the laws of nature. The foundations of modern economics were laid barely ten…

Apr 11

A large container ship

Apr 11

Rules and exceptions

A surprisingly large portion of our behaviour is guided by rules (some made for us, others made by us) … but it is the exceptions that…

Apr 4

Graffiti reading “Rules”

Apr 4

Blaming judgments

We can learn to make better decisions by observing — and judging — those of others. But there are pitfalls on the way

Mar 28

A view on Heathrow’s runway with no plane movements

Mar 28

The man who did not change his mind

Last week, it transpired that Daniel Kahneman’s death last year was by assisted suicide. Why might many struggle with the decision of one…

Mar 21

Daniel Kahneman

Mar 21

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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