Madoff’s behaviour

Dan Ariely applying behavioural economics to Madoff’s $65 billion dollar fraud. And an earlier article that discusses human irrationality when it comes to herding behaviour.

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Greg Woods reports on Madoff’s sentencing in New York

Behavioural Economics: Herd Behaviour [28 Nov 2011]
LSE Lecture: Daniel Kahneman - Thinking Fast and Slow [15 Nov 2011]
Behavioural Economics - The IKEA effect [25 Sep 2011]
Winner of the Fun Theory Competition [23 Jan 2011]
Ariely on Limitations of Rational Economics [23 Jan 2011]
The Upside of Irrationality - Dan Ariely at the LSE [27 Oct 2010]
Dan Ariely at the LSE [19 Oct 2010]
Casting an eye over pop economics [23 Jul 2010]
The Upside of Irrationality [22 Jul 2010]
Questions in Behavioural Economics - Combatting obesity [30 Jun 2010]
Questions in behavioural economics - Why do we engage in herd behaviour? [25 Jun 2010]
Dan Ariely’s new book - the Upside of Irrationality [21 May 2010]
The Irrationality of Shaving [2 May 2010]
Questions in Behavioural Economics -  Credit Cards and Spending [19 Jun 2009]
Introducing Ideas in Behavioural Economics [6 Jun 2009]
Dan Ariely on BBC Worldwide [10 May 2009]
Money and your Mind [25 Mar 2009]
Arming the Donkeys [29 Oct 2008]
Dan Ariely speaks at Google [24 Jul 2008]
The 99p effect [24 Jul 2008]
Price anchoring [22 Jun 2008]
The Cost of Fraud [26 Mar 2008]
Predictably Irrational on Facebook [25 Mar 2008]

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