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thesgtrekkiereads's review against another edition
4.0
http://m360.sim.edu.sg/article/Pages/Misbehaving.aspx?skw=misbehaving
firolimn's review against another edition
5.0
Luck reminded me that I wanted to read this, I’m glad I did. Covers a bit of the same ground as Predictably Irrational and of Thinking Fast and Slow, but is largely a unique and compelling work. Worthwhile!
jessicaboi's review against another edition
3.0
3.5. Very approachable. This book is more of an exploration of the evolution of Behavioral Economics than a comprehensive study of it's principles (which the title makes clear but I didn't fully appreciate until I read it). I think I would have preferred Nudge or Thinking, Fast and Slow, but I'm glad to have this as an introduction and look forward to reading those two.
Glad this was a book club pick, otherwise I probably never would have gotten around to reading!
Glad this was a book club pick, otherwise I probably never would have gotten around to reading!
yeconomist's review against another edition
4.0
This book did a great job of balancing and informing the reader about what I see as the twin goals of telling the personal story of the author as well as teaching about the development of the field of behavioral economics. It was a classic story of a minor figure with strong evidence taking on the established behemoth and winning, driving real change. It was valuable to learn about the first hand account of challenging the mainstream view of those high ups in the economics profession and fighting for change. In addition the personal anecdotes and stories the author includes makes it easier to relate to their plight and allows the reader to put themselves in the shoes of the author. Moreover, felt the book did a great job of catering to a wide audience with respect to the detail with which the potentially technical economic and psychological ideas were covered. As someone situated within the economics field but with very little experience with psychology, I did not find the economics sections boring or the psychology sections beyond my grasp. In addition I found the lack of credence originally given to theories we know take for granted as well as the unwillingness of others to adapt to evidence based conclusions astonishing. Finally the organization of the book in to different subsections of the struggle, trying to gain admission to different areas of the economics field and the various applications of the theory was well laid out and easy to follow.
bondebonde's review against another edition
3.0
Skimmable at times but lots of good interesting insights along the way
hlobp's review against another edition
5.0
If you've ever tried to read Thinking, Fast and Slow, and found the ideas extremely interesting but the book itself to be very dense, I highly recommend this more casual, almost novel-like book about the development of behavioral economics and how relevant it is
lsearway's review against another edition
5.0
The ultimate book on behavioral economics. I have been fascinated with behavioral economics ever since I read Freakonomics when I was 17. This is the ultimate history of the subject from Thaler himself. Incredibly interesting.
thismrjj's review against another edition
3.0
عنوان اصلی کتاب : misbehaving: the making of behavioral economics
من ترجمه کتاب رو به نام"کج رفتاری:شکل گیری اقتصاد رفتاری" منتشر شده از موسسه کتاب مهربان نشر خوندم.
کتاب از نظر من یه جورایی آتوبایوگرافی نویسنده حول اقتصاد رفتاری بود و خیلی جنبه آکادمیک داشت صحبت هاش.
در کل برای من که خیلی کم از اقتصاد میدونم هم مفید بود و نکات جالبی ازش یاد گرفتم.
من ترجمه کتاب رو به نام"کج رفتاری:شکل گیری اقتصاد رفتاری" منتشر شده از موسسه کتاب مهربان نشر خوندم.
کتاب از نظر من یه جورایی آتوبایوگرافی نویسنده حول اقتصاد رفتاری بود و خیلی جنبه آکادمیک داشت صحبت هاش.
در کل برای من که خیلی کم از اقتصاد میدونم هم مفید بود و نکات جالبی ازش یاد گرفتم.
aliciacatalina's review against another edition
3.0
Don’t expect to learn a lot on behavioral economics reading this book, if you’ve read Thinking fast and slow, you will know most of the examples the author points out. A lot of name dropping and not enough interesting content imo.