Money on the Brain

Tim Harford writes about neuroeconomics in the FT this weekend and he has a programme on this subject on BBC radio 4 this coming Tuesday. “Financial Times journalist Tim Harford investigates the fast-emerging academic field of neuroeconomics, which works to understand why people make economic decisions.” It is repeated on Wednesday afternoon.

Unit1 Micro: Can a minimum wage create jobs? [16 Jan 2012]
Introduction to Neuroeconomics - Fusing Psychology with Economics [16 Dec 2011]
Behavioural Economics: Herd Behaviour [28 Nov 2011]
Unit 1 Micro: Asymmetric Information - Buying a Used Car [14 Nov 2011]
Behavioural Economics: Daniel Kahneman in town! [9 Nov 2011]
Behavioural Economics: Bittersweet Symphony - The Psychology of Food [8 Nov 2011]
Unit 1 Micro: Sleep, Money, Happiness and Choices! [25 Sep 2011]
An activity for the first Economics lesson of the year! [31 Aug 2011]
Tim Harford - Trial and Error and the God Complex [17 Jul 2011]
Two new RSA Videos - Matthew Taylor and Tim Harford [27 Jun 2011]
A2 Macro: Revealed Advantage [12 May 2011]
Review of “Adapt” by Tim Harford [9 May 2011]
Management lessons from the War in Iraq [30 Apr 2011]
Fantastic short piece on nudges and shoves! [19 Apr 2011]
Adapt - Tim Harford’s new book [27 Jan 2011]
The Upside of Irrationality - Dan Ariely at the LSE [27 Oct 2010]
Who will win the 2010 Nobel Prize for Economics? [22 Sep 2010]
Economics and History - A Clash of the Titans [12 Sep 2010]
Animating the Ultimatum Game [6 Sep 2010]
Casting an eye over pop economics [23 Jul 2010]
Questions in behavioural economics - Why is the placebo effect important? [26 Jun 2010]
Why is it so hard to tickle yourself? [25 May 2010]
Assorted Links (4 Jan 2010) [4 Jan 2010]
Assorted Links (31 Dec 2009) [31 Dec 2009]
Happiness, Love and Scroogenomics [21 Nov 2009]
Tim Harford at the Keynes Society [5 Nov 2009]
Scots may lead the way in setting minimum price for alcohol [29 Sep 2009]
Economics of Healthcare - Introductory AS Microeconomics [2 Sep 2009]
Happiness (or subjective well-being) in the spotlight [9 Aug 2009]
Tim Harford at the LSE [4 Jul 2009]
A New Book from the Undercover Economist [4 Jun 2009]
Finding affordable food [18 May 2009]
Is macroeconomics in a dark age? [12 Apr 2009]
Cash Incentives for Healthy Options [11 Apr 2009]
Money and your Mind [25 Mar 2009]
Nudge nudge wink wink ... [22 Mar 2009]
The Mind of the Market [8 Mar 2009]
Two More Tim Harford Shorts [7 Mar 2009]
Logic of Life in paperback [7 Mar 2009]
Game theory and emotions [11 Jan 2009]
Economics of energy - over a barrel [22 Dec 2008]
Stacking weekends and the long tail [13 Nov 2008]
Two superb FT graphics [9 Oct 2008]
Should we take economists seriously? [25 Jul 2008]
Darling’s Tough Love [19 Jul 2008]
1st or 2nd? [5 Jul 2008]
Meeting basic needs and wants [1 Jul 2008]
Backbone needed for a carbon tax [25 May 2008]
Revision: Inflation Targets and Measurement [11 May 2008]
Tim Harford at the RSA [8 Apr 2008]
Common mistakes in daily decisions [17 Mar 2008]
The Fairer Sex [15 Feb 2008]
Modelling the Economics of Love [15 Feb 2008]

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