behavioral economics
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FreakonomicsMar 27, 2026The Hidden Cost of Hit Albums: Distracted Driving and Traffic Fatalities on Music Release Days
EconomicsNatural experimentsDistracted drivingTraffic fatalitiesStreaming volume
barryseconomicsMar 15, 2026Unchecked Power, Eroding Rules, and the Brain's Response: The Neurological Cost of Societal Instability
PsychologyBehavioral economicsPsychological economicsGlobal rulesDoom scrolling- FreakonomicsFeb 18, 2026
Nudge: Updating Behavioral Economics, Choice Architecture, and Policy for Modern Challenges
EconomicsNudge theoryChoice architectureBehavioral economicsLibertarian paternalism 
HealthyGamerGGFeb 8, 2026The Insidious Trap of Consuming Self-Help Content Without Implementation
Self-DevelopmentProductive procrastinationEfficient time-wastingConsumption-driven contentImplementation gap- barryseconomicsFeb 8, 2026
Epstein Is Not an Aberration: How Extreme Wealth and Inequality Create Systemic Monsters
EconomicsExtreme wealth concentrationBehavioral economicsNeuroscience of powerEmpathy gap 
psychacksDec 29, 2025The Unspoken Realities of Staying at Home: Boredom, Isolation, and Gender Dynamics
PsychologyBehavioral economicsGender rolesSocial stigmaNuclear family- barryseconomicsJul 31, 2025
The Social and Behavioral Economics of Inequality: A Personal Journey
EconomicsSocial economicsBehavioral economicsEconomic inequalitySystemic inequality - psychacksMay 26, 2025
The Disposable Man: Deconstructing Male Self-Sacrifice and Societal Indoctrination
PsychologyBrainwashingDisposable sexSelf-sacrificeKamikaze script - psychacksMay 12, 2025
The Evolutionary and Cultural Roots of Female Desire: From Normative Conformity to Modern FOMO
RelationshipsEmergent phenomenonNormative desireChicken and the egg problemPopulation distribution 
NewEconomicThinkingJan 15, 2025Unveiling Investor Ideology: How Mutual Funds' Proxy Voting Shapes Society and the Economy
FinanceMutual FundsAsset ManagementInstitutional InvestorsInvestor Ideology- psychacksAug 21, 2023
The Five Endgames Women Face in the Modern Sexual Marketplace
RelationshipsSexual Marketplace Value (SMV)Female HypergamyIntersexual CompetitionGatekeepers of Sex 
EconomicsExplainedAug 20, 2023Comparative Economic Systems: Testing Capitalism vs. Communism Through Economic Twins
EconomicsMicroeconomicsMacroeconomicsScientific Method in EconomicsControlling Variables
lexfridmanNov 11, 2022Destiny on Free Speech, Political Evolution, Debate Philosophy, and the Geopolitics of the Ukraine War
PhilosophyDemocratic governanceFree speechPolitical radicalizationDebate brain- HealthyGamerGGJun 11, 2022
What TikTok Does to Your Brain: The Psychology of Partial Reinforcement, Isolated Stimulation, and Digital Addiction
PsychologySensory overloadPartial reinforcementRandom reinforcement scheduleLoot boxes - NewEconomicThinkingApr 20, 2022
Disentangling Economic Thought: Orthodoxy, Mainstream, Heterodoxy, and the Rise of Complexity & Behavioral Economics
EconomicsOrthodox economicsMainstream economicsHeterodox economicsNeoclassical economics - psychacksApr 14, 2022
The Sexual Double Standard: A Behavioral Economics Perspective on Its Origins and Persistence
RelationshipsSexual double standardBehavioral economicsValue creationSkill and effort - HealthyGamerGGSep 14, 2021
Understanding Motivation and Goal Setting: A Holistic Coaching Approach
Self-DevelopmentMotivation (umbrella term)NeurosciencePsychologyBehavioral economics - psychacksJun 29, 2021
The Psychology of Sacrifice: How Willingness to Give Reveals and Creates Value
PsychologyValue derivationSacrifice (as a mechanism of value creation)Hypothetical valueActualized value - NewEconomicThinkingApr 7, 2021
Identity Economics: How Social Identity Shapes Economic Behavior, Policy, and Well-being
EconomicsIdentity economicsIdentity warsUtility functionConformity - NewEconomicThinkingFeb 10, 2021
Venture Capital in the 21st Century: Climate Change, State Intervention, and the Next Green Economy
EconomicsDigital revolutionMachine learning technologiesClimate change externalityCarbon pricing - EconomicsExplainedOct 25, 2020
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics: Unpacking Auction Theory and Its Real-World Impact
EconomicsAuction TheoryEfficient MarketsValuationProcurement - NewEconomicThinkingAug 23, 2020
George Akerlof on Economics' Sins of Omission: The Imperative of Collective Action and 'We' in Crisis
EconomicsSins of OmissionExternalitiesUtility FunctionEconomic Equilibrium - EconomicsExplainedJul 2, 2020
Adam Smith: The Grandfather of Economics and the Foundations of Modern Wealth
EconomicsMercantilismZero-sum gameValue addingProduction - NewEconomicThinkingFeb 26, 2020
Three Existential Crises: Ecology, Nuclear Weapons, and the Information Technology Revolution
EconomicsEcological infrastructure collapseRepresentative democraciesAtomic weapons proliferationInternational institutions - NewEconomicThinkingNov 27, 2019
Beyond Rationality: Exploring Willful Human Agency and Decision-Making
PsychologyRational choice theoryBehavioral economicsCognitive biasesHomo economicus - NewEconomicThinkingOct 2, 2019
In Defense of Economic Theory: Navigating the Empirical Revolution and Philosophical Engagement
EconomicsAbstract theorizingEmpirical workInterpretive frameworkHeterodox economics - NewEconomicThinkingSep 11, 2019
The Flawed Psychology of Neoclassical Economics: A Critique of Homo Economicus and the Rise of Behavioral Insights
EconomicsHomo economicusNeoclassical economicsBehavioral economicsUtility maximization - NewEconomicThinkingSep 11, 2019
A Critical Examination of Economic Methodology, History, and Purpose with Robert Skidelsky
EconomicsEfficient financial markets hypothesisEconomic methodologyParadigm shift (Kuhn)Neoclassical economics - NewEconomicThinkingAug 14, 2019
Challenging Conventional Economics: The Imperative for Multidisciplinary and Adaptive Thinking
EconomicsRepresentative agentMultidisciplinary economicsEmergent behaviorBehavioral economics - NewEconomicThinkingJul 31, 2019
Integrating Psychological Realism and Genetic Data into Mainstream Economics
EconomicsBehavioral economicsGeno economicsPsychological realismSubjective well-being - NewEconomicThinkingFeb 27, 2019
Behavioral Economics: Social Interaction, Values, and Organizational Performance
EconomicsValue formationSelf-esteemPeer esteemConformity - NewEconomicThinkingFeb 27, 2019
Behavioral Economics: Social Interaction, Values, and Organizational Performance
EconomicsValue formationSelf-esteemPeer esteemConformity - NewEconomicThinkingSep 6, 2018
Why Economists Failed to Predict the Financial Crisis and the Evolution of Economic Thought
EconomicsSubfield silos in economicsSins of omissionStatistical methodologyTail-end of the population (outliers) - NewEconomicThinkingJun 13, 2018
Making Sense of Globalization in the 21st Century: Challenges and New Economic Frameworks
EconomicsGlobalization of knowledgeStandard model of developmentInequality (regional income imbalance, within society)Climate change (ice caps melt, ocean levels rise, food shortages) - NewEconomicThinkingNov 21, 2017
The Methodological and Institutional Biases in Economics: Sins of Omission and the Curse of the Top Five Journals
EconomicsHierarchical field structure (economics)Sins of omissionScientific method (in economics)Simple models and statistical analysis - psychacks
The Aversion-Based Discipline Hack: Leveraging Pain Avoidance for Consistent Habit Formation
Self-DevelopmentDisciplineHabit cultivationGoal achievementNew Year's resolutions - psychacks
Being Famous is Like Being a Woman: Unearned Attention, Entitlement, and the Sexual Marketplace
PsychologyUnearned attentionSexual marketplaceBehavioral economicsEntitlement - lexfridman
Anca Dragan on Human-Robot Interaction, Reward Engineering, and Understanding Human Rationality
TechnologyHuman-Robot Interaction (HRI)Reward EngineeringOptimizationInverse Reinforcement Learning (IRL) - psychacks
Most Men Are Romantics: Deconstructing the Core Male Belief in Relationships
PsychologyRomanticism (core vs. superficial)Pragmatism (in relationships)Sexual MarketplaceMale Romantic Belief
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Concepts that appear alongside behavioral economics across episodes.
- neoclassical economics
- loss aversion
- economic methodology
- history of economic thought
- heterodox economics
- homo economicus
- rational choice theory
- utility function
- cognitive biases
- optionality
- greenwashing
- utility maximization
- gender roles
- libertarian paternalism
- identity economics
- social norms
- economic equilibrium
- powerlessness
- industrial nation
- gatekeepers of commitment