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An accidental behavioural economist in lockdown — Part I: Flipping wisdom
Economics everywhere, and not an economist in sight
There is something about milestones. I was reminded of this fact by a post last weekend on Martin Carty’s blog. The milestone of its 300th article was celebrated with a guest post by my friend David D’Souza, who in it looks back on many years of blogging, and reflects on how and why he writes: for the joy of writing, sharing, and connecting.
By happy coincidence, this week it is four years and a few days ago since I published my first blogpost. The topics I write about are, superficially at least, different from David’s (he usually writes about things like HR, management and leadership). But scratch the surface just a little, and perhaps they are more closely connected than they appear. My very first post (in English) had as its title “We are all economists”, and attempted to show how much of our behaviour can be understood by looking at it from an economics perspective. So we share an interest in how people behave, make decisions and interact with each other.
And like David, I am also motivated by the joy of writing, sharing and connecting. It gives me joy to observe and try to understand the behaviour of the people around me, wherever I am: it is a compelling force to activate…
