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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

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…

2h ago

A coffin surrounded by flowers

2h ago

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

Zelenskyy’s dilemma

Is a settlement of a conflict just and fair if the wronged party must reward the ‘wronging’ party? If not, what price is fair to pay for…

Mar 17

A war scene in Ukraine

Mar 17

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

Mar 8

An HIV test kit

Mar 8

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

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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