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Left Brain, Right Brain: Human nature and political values

Trends in economics and politics including consumerism and changes in democracy, and how research into psychology, social networks and behavioural economics is relevant.

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Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious

The Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development gives a talk on intuition. Decisions and heuristics, ecological rationality and behavioral economics, and related concepts. Some Q&A.

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Nobelist Daniel Kahneman on Behavioral Economics

The Georgetown 2009 graduation ceremony included this short lecture by psychologist and Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman on irrationality and how to promote rational decisions when “coherence is unachievable.” The FORA.tv enhanced player presentation includes an indexed transcript, more info and a bio. Here’s another, longer, 2003 lecture on decision analysis and another on “Deal or No Deal” decisions given at Princeton University in 2008.

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title Dan Ariely: Why we think it’s OK to cheat and steal (sometimes)
description Don’t trust your intuition, test it, warns Dan Ariely in a newly released TED Talk. The behavioural economist also discusses cheating and how in-groups, accessibility, and tokens (i.e. stock options instead of cash) may have contributed to the recession. An engaging, amusing speaker; also see this 20:00 talk on irrational behaviour
producer TED Talks
featuring Dan Ariely
format Flash, MP4
date 07/02/09
length 00:16:23
link http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/487

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title Dan Ariely: Tendencies of Irrational Behavior
description This Duke University behavioural economist describes cognitive illusions to demonstrate why people make irrational decisions, opting out and defaults. An amusing talk.
producer The Entertainment Gathering, on FORA.tv
featuring Dan Ariely
format Flash
date 13/12/08
length 00:19:56
link http://fora.tv/2008/12/13/Dan_Ariely_Tendencies_of_Irrational_Behavior

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