A review by booksaremyjam
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard H. Thaler

2.0

I have taken psychology classes and classes centering around morality and classes centering on economics. I had hoped this book would assume a base level of knowledge, and dig deep on the concepts. Instead, it was a very broad stroke overview of behavioral economics, that honestly felt more self-reflection than scholarly. Thaler basically wrote a memoir, peppered in some basic studies that most people have already heard about, and was like "yo, my friends and I are smart!"

Here, I'll tell you the "ending" so you don't have to read this book: humans don't act like economic models, because humans aren't machines. They weight and value things differently, which changes how they view gains and losses. Who'da thunk it?!
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