Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics — Quotes

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Author: Richard H. Thaler Source: Goodreads

19 quotes, one page each — split at import because this page carried more quoted words than the wiki publishes on a single page.

Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics

Book page: thaler-misbehaving

• “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets…”
• “What makes the bias particularly pernicious is that…”
• “My only advice for reading the book is…”
• “The ideal organizational environment encourages everyone to observe…”
• “Overconfidence is a powerful force…”
• “Many people have made money selling magic potions…”
• “The core premise of economic theory is that…”
• “Discovery starts with anomalies…”
• “You know, at some point people reach an…”
• “We don’t have to stop inventing abstract models…”
• “It is time to stop making excuses. We…”
• “Giving up the opportunity to sell something does…”
• “Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for…”
• “The evidence suggests that when people get a…”
• “Roughly speaking, losses hurt about twice as much…”
• “Even when you are talking to the boss…”
• “They have convinced their customers that the entire…”
• “One overly simplistic idea is that we can…”
• “The difference between the expert’s two estimates illustrates…”