Dan Ariely

The Future Starts With an "F"

Kyra Maya Phillips | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Success, Sir Ken Robinson, Sustainability, Twitter, Failure, Innovation, Dan Ariely, Zipcar, Dr. Brene Brown, Muhammad Yunus, Tim Harford, TED Talks, Culture News

As a society, we have been systematically wired and re-wired to abhor failure. But amongst all of this stigmatisation we have forgotten one fundamental fact: the greatest innovations arise from a process of trial and error.

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Do Tests Help Student Learning?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Education News, Education Next, Research, No Child Left Behind, Dan Ariely, Standardized Tests, Incentives, Harvard, Education Research, National Academy, Video, Education, National Research Council, Eric Hanushek, Education Reform, Stanford University, Education News

When the National Research Council published the results of a decade-long study on the effects of standardized testing on student learning this summer...

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.XXX versus .com? W.W.D.A.D. (What Would Dan Ariely Do)?

Jennifer Ketcham | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Red Light District, Bbc, TED Talks, .Xxx, Daniel Kahneman, Conservative Religious Right, Dan Ariely, Free Speech, Icm-Registry, Predictably Irrational, Free Speech Coalition, Los Angeles News

The adult industry has been a long time proponent of our right to Free Speech, and from the days of Naked Lunch, to the more recent battle over required condom use, Americans have been trying to define what is pornographically acceptable for years.

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What's The Best Approach To Teacher Incentives In U.S. Education?

Posted 09.18.2011

Atlanta is in the middle of an educational crisis with allegations and reports of widespread cheating across the district's school teachers. Now the t...

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What Would A 'Conscious Judaism' Look Like?

Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Antonio Damasio, Awareness, Jewish Blessings, Rabbi Irwin Kula, Rabbi Akiva, Intentionality, Judaism, Dan Ariely, Religion and Science, Robert Kurzban, Richard Wiseman, James Jacobson-Maisels, Consciousness, Mindfulness, Douglas Kenrick, Kavvanah, Religion News

Consciousness -- awareness, intentionality and self-knowledge -- has become a rich source of scientific inquiry. Interestingly, these ideas also have deep resonance with teachings found within Jewish tradition.

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After the American Dream

Craig K. Comstock | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Dan Ariely, Economic Mobility Project, Peak Oil, Potlatch, Michael I. Norton, Decline, Inequality, American Dream, Business News

Over breakfast with a client who had a $90 million fortune, I asked a hypothetical question: would it decrease your motivation as an entrepreneur if i...

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America's Staggering Inequality and Our Strong Preference for a Swedish Alternative

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: " Sweden, Dan Ariely, Jacob Hacker, United States, Michael Norton, "Trickle-Up, Paul-Pierson, Inequality, Politics News

Most Americans realize that the U.S. has become more unequal over the past three decades or so. But it's unlikely that most Americans have a full grasp of the sheer magnitude of the change in the distribution of wealth since the end of the 1970.

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WATCH: Economist Discusses Why Getting Married Isn't Rational

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marriage, Video, Spousanomics, Divorce, Economics, Behavioral Economics, Dan Ariely, Getting Married, Business News

If pure economics is any judge, marriage is just not rational, an MIT economist argues. The benefits of marriage, according to this new video post...

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Dan Ariely Decodes Why Humans Are Hard-Wired to Inflate

Chris Martenson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Groupthink, Conflict of Interest, Dan Ariely, Wishful Blindness, Inflation, Identifiable Victim Effect, Global Warming, Behavioral Economics, Business News

Looking back at the bursting of the credit bubble, it's natural to scratch your head and ask "How did we ever let that happen?" Behavioral economics exists to answer questions like this.

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Americans Vastly Underestimate Wealth Inequality, Support 'More Equal Distribution Of Wealth': Study

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wealth, Economic Crisis, Dan Ariely, Business News, Redistribution of Wealth, Billionaires, Forbes, Inequality, Sweden, Income, Video, Business News

Americans vastly underestimate the degree of wealth inequality in America, and we believe that the distribution should be far more equitable than it a...

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Business Book Of The Year: FT/Goldman Sachs Longlist Released

Huffington Post | Caroline Eisenmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, Goldman Sachs, Prize List, Literary Prizes, Dan Ariely, Financial Crisis, Financial TImes, Michael Lewis, Book Award, Business Books, Prize Longlist, The Rational Optimist, Books News

Today, the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award long list was released. The award honors the book that offers the most mo...

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Executive Compensation: A Critique

Alexander Dresner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: J.P. Morgan, Dan Ariely, Dick Fuld, Lehman Brothers, Executive Compensation, Barney Frank, Business News

In 1890, J.P. Morgan pulled in close to 20 times what his employees did annually. Today, CEOs earn more in three hours than minimum wage workers do in a year. This imbalance is both irresponsible and irrational.

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The Psychology of Knock Offs: Why 'Faking It' Makes Us Feel (and Act) Like Phonies

Wray Herbert | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Self Psychology, Fransesca Gino, Prada, Dan Ariely, Duke University, Harvard Business School, Heuristic Mind, Ray Ban, Chloe, UNC-CHapel Hill, Psychological Science, Moral Psychology, Michael Norton, Versace, Counterfeit Brand Names, Knockoffs, Predictably Irrational, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

That's why we buy knockoffs, isn't it? To polish our self-image--at half the price? But new research suggests that they may not work as magically as we'd like--and indeed may backfire.

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What is Work? America Re-Imagined at Pop Tech (Day 1)

Sharon Glassman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creativity, John Fetterman, Kurt Anderson, Poptech, Braddock Pennsylvania, Innovation, Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely, Economics, Social Networking, Social Entrepreneurship, Home News

While many of us believe that more money is a motivator, it's actually a stressor that inhibits performance.

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