behavioural economics

Lynda Moore on how to handle difficult relationship or family issues that get focused on in looming holiday conversations

Lynda Moore on how to handle difficult relationship or family issues that get focused on in looming holiday conversations

Brian Easton looks at how the Prospect Theory of Behavioural Economics makes economic analysis difficult

Brian Easton looks at how the Prospect Theory of Behavioural Economics makes economic analysis difficult

Lynda Moore has Black Friday stories. She wants to hear yours

Lynda Moore has Black Friday stories. She wants to hear yours

Once you understand your needs, it’s much easier to make the decision about how and where to allocate your money

Once you understand your needs, it’s much easier to make the decision about how and where to allocate your money

Finding your perfect small town: A fun guide for city dwellers seeking a change

Finding your perfect small town: A fun guide for city dwellers seeking a change

Lynda Moore says moods and emotions impact money decisions.  Understanding them helps explain choices, and clarify whether they're wise

Lynda Moore says moods and emotions impact money decisions.  Understanding them helps explain choices, and clarify whether they're wise

Lynda Moore suggests ways you can overcome the gap between intention and action with five practical tactics

Lynda Moore suggests ways you can overcome the gap between intention and action with five practical tactics

Lynda Moore digs into our behaviour and why we do what we do with not just our finances, but our lives as well

Lynda Moore digs into our behaviour and why we do what we do with not just our finances, but our lives as well

Lynda Moore says the key to a happy end-of-year holiday season is to start early with a plan you stick to

Lynda Moore says the key to a happy end-of-year holiday season is to start early with a plan you stick to

Lynda Moore says there are ways to avoid the 'pain of paying' when you are on holiday, that wet-rag feeling you get when you should be enjoying the experience

Lynda Moore says there are ways to avoid the 'pain of paying' when you are on holiday, that wet-rag feeling you get when you should be enjoying the experience

In his ongoing superannuation series Andrew Coleman points out NZ’s government retirement system can be quite extreme, assuming all people are competent to make their own savings and investment decisions before they retire, with little government help

In his ongoing superannuation series Andrew Coleman points out NZ’s government retirement system can be quite extreme, assuming all people are competent to make their own savings and investment decisions before they retire, with little government help

Antara Haldar uses Nobel laureate Robert Shiller's work to buttress that case for a behavioural approach to economics

Antara Haldar uses Nobel laureate Robert Shiller's work to buttress that case for a behavioural approach to economics

Lawyer Antara Haldar assess the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions

Lawyer Antara Haldar assess the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions

Fathom Consulting's Ritush Dalmia decides to become a boring Homo Economicus and to strip back the complexity of real economic life to reveal the underlying mechanisms

Fathom Consulting's Ritush Dalmia decides to become a boring Homo Economicus and to strip back the complexity of real economic life to reveal the underlying mechanisms

The US trade war with China is driven as much by anxiety over China's rise as by economic rationality. As Greek historian Thucydides saw, that kind of insecurity can have disastrous consequences

The US trade war with China is driven as much by anxiety over China's rise as by economic rationality. As Greek historian Thucydides saw, that kind of insecurity can have disastrous consequences