In this excerpt from her new book, Jennifer Shahade argues that the smartest move in life, as in chess, is sometimes a sideways one.

The great investor instinctively knew that humans are much smarter than computers in volatile environments. So he bet on common sense.

“Let me walk you through the biggest traps that you should be aware of that are a danger to your financial wellbeing.”

When making any tough decision, the key is not to be overly exploratory or exploitative.

In this excerpt from "Lucky By Design," Judd Kessler explains how opportunity costs shape our choices and why time is the real price we pay.

In this excerpt from "The Art of Spending Money," Morgan Housel lays out the spending and financial habits guaranteed to end in regret.

Behavioral economists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky won the Nobel Prize for mapping the human mind's irrational decision-making biases, and now, with insights from Julia Galef of the Center for Applied Rationality, we can learn to avoid these pitfalls.

Just pretend you're someone else.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Barry Ritholtz — market commentator, founder of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and podcast host — shares what really trips investors up.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

An evidence-based policy movement is arming the fight with tools and programs that are more effective than ever before.

When appraising human behavior, people tend to forgo the lessons of psychology in favor of assumption and anecdote.

“We've engineered a volatile world where Starbucks is completely unchanging from year to year, but democracies are collapsing and rivers are drying up.”

Startup success can often hinge on a key lesson derived from behavioral science ... and Jerry Seinfeld's "Night Guy vs. Morning Guy" routine.

Electric vehicle sales are rising but public charging in cities is still lacking.

Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki discusses the dangers of cynicism and how skepticism can invigorate our relationships and communities.

How Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky cracked open behavioral economics and enlightened all our choices.

There's value to be found in the arguments that make you uncomfortable — especially in a culture that has trained us to avoid them.

Whenever something goes wrong — in business as in life — we tend to get cause and effect totally muddled up.

When stuffed and staring down the last bite, you might hear your mother's voice in your mind.

The best of all investor attributes is easily attained — and unbeatable in combination with other advantages.

"How long someone thinks about [a] problem is a really good proxy of how humans behave."

GLP-1 agonists may be able to treat addiction, prevent Alzheimer’s, and more.

Admitting that we know little about our future selves can radically improve our decision-making.

In the murder trial of Dan White, the defense touched on diet as a cause for White's actions. It has become known as the "Twinkie defense."

Consumer debt shapes American lives so thoroughly that it seems eternal and immortal, but it’s actually relatively new to the financial world.

Why most billionaires aren’t geniuses and most geniuses aren’t billionaires, explained by political scientist Brian Klaas.

Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.

A simple dice game shines a bit of light on the psychology of regret.