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US Market Commentary

If Only ...: With Guests Stirling Hart & Colin Camerer

You wouldn't be human if you didn't have at least some regrets. The trick is knowing when (and how) to let things go—and when to use regret productively.
October 11, 2020

I Don't Want to Know: With Guests Amelia Boone & Emily Ho

Have you ever ignored unpleasant information, hoping it would just go away?
September 27, 2020

A Successful Failure: With Guests Cass Sunstein, Kirabo Jackson & Andrew Chaikin

Using a checklist—it's such a simple idea, but it's one of the best ways to bring order to complexity and achieve results.
September 13, 2020

Fair Is Fair: With Guests John Thorn & Richard Thaler

It's hard to be objective about fairness—because what seems fair so often depends on your reference points.
August 30, 2020

Spoiled for Choice: With Guests Barry Schwartz & Jen Glantz

While having a myriad of options is a privilege consumers increasingly expect, too much choice often leads to dissatisfaction and regret.
August 16, 2020

Bidder Beware: With Guests Max Bazerman & Glenye Cain Oakford

Suppose you just won a hotly contested auction. How likely is it that you got a good deal?
May 10, 2020

A Choice Apart: With Guests Max Bazerman & Vivienne Wagner

Making a decision in isolation—versus in a comparison—relies on different processes and tends to produce different results.
April 26, 2020

So Close to the Prize: With Guests Oleg Urminsky & Brian Zinn

Whatever the goal, we often increase our level of effort when the finish line seems near. How can we make the most of this tendency?
April 12, 2020

Coping Amid the Crisis: With Guest Laurie Santos

What can behavioral science teach us about managing the emotional toll of the coronavirus pandemic?
April 5, 2020

The Simple Choice: With Guests Shlomo Benartzi & Eric Sink

Making the beneficial choice the easiest choice can streamline decision-making. But be aware of exactly who's benefitting.
March 19, 2020

Judge the Judges: With Guests Daniel Kahneman, James Hutchinson & G.M. Pucilowski

The chance variability of human judgment is a widespread, costly problem—and one that can be measured even when the supposed correct answer isn't known.
March 15, 2020

Creatures of Habit: With Guests Wendy Wood, Angela Duckworth & Stephan Kesting

Small repeated behaviors can have an outsize impact on your success, health, and happiness.
November 17, 2019

Invisible Failures: With Guests Emily Oster, Sendhil Mullainathan & Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

Concentrating only on successes—the things that survive some selection process—often leads to faulty conclusions.
November 3, 2019

Your Own Advice: With Guests Angela Duckworth, Lauren Eskreis-Winkler & Mike Mangini

When it comes to advice, it just might be better to give than to receive.
October 6, 2019

Not Quite Enough: With Guests Howard Scott Warshaw, Sendhil Mullainathan & Anuj Shah

A lack of resources can constrain your ability to make the best choices in life. But surprisingly, there are advantages to scarcity in some contexts.
September 22, 2019

The Lucky Loonie: With Guests Peter Jordan, Trent Evans & Don Moore

Some things are simply beyond our control. And while a little luck never hurts, it's best to understand what your behaviors can truly affect.
September 8, 2019

Best-Laid Plans: With Guests Ken Bowersox, Robert Godwin & Bradley Staats

Why do we forget the lessons of past projects and underestimate the time, costs and risks of future actions?
May 26, 2019

Boxed In: With Guests Sophie Morgan, Modupe Akinola & Dolly Chugh

One of the most common mental shortcuts we commit is making snap judgments about people and things based on limited information.
May 12, 2019

Knew It All Along: With Guests Kathleen Vohs, Douglas Porch & Julian Jackson

Hindsight is 20/20, the saying goes. But occurrences that appear inevitable after the fact rarely seemed so in real time.
April 28, 2019

Hitting Your Number: With Guests Jason Beck & Devin Pope

Round-number goals are arbitrary but effective.
March 31, 2019

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