behavioral-economics

A couple of years ago I got an offer that said 18 LPA and I did the lazy math in my head: eighteen divided by twelve, so about ₹1.5L landing in my account every month. Nice. The first payslip said something closer to ₹1.1L. Nobody had lied to me. That's just what happens between the number on the offer letter and the number your bank actually shows you. I've watched friends make the same face I d…

Our intuitions about exponential growth are catastrophically wrong—and that blindness shapes how we plan, invest, and prepare for the future.

IntroductionDependence on fossil fuel rents can impede economic performance by hindering diversification, diminishing innovation incentives, and entrenching rent-seeking distortions. Conversely, artificial intelligence (AI) possesses the potential to alleviate some of these constraints through enhanced productivity and improved production coordination.MethodsThis study employs an unbalanced panel…

Legendary investor George Soros uses his backaches as a trading signal. Research suggests his animal instinct might carry real scientific weight.

arXiv:2608.20231v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The standard objection to full automation is demand-side: if humans earn nothing, who buys the output? This confuses an accounting role with a biological species. We model a post-AGI economy in which corporations own populations of AI and robotic agents that are both producers and consumers of energy, compute, maintenance, and upgrades, traded amo…

This work provides a rigorous critique of modern management from within the discipline of capitalism itself, arguing that true leadership requires allocating scarce resources toward durable economic returns rather than substituting accounting relief for real problem-solving. It establishes a central rule for stewards of capital: management must never use executive tools—such as layoffs, deferrals…

This work provides a diagnostic framework that reframes corporate short-termism, legal risk-shifting, and executive burnout through the lens of structural economics rather than moral condemnation. Beginning with the 19th-century emergence of "Wood's Rule" and at-will employment, the analysis traces how industrial enterprises gained operational flexibility by converting labor into a variable cost,…

A proposed Seattle ordinance would bar large grocers and delivery services from setting prices for individual shoppers based on their personal data. Industry groups say it will kill discounts, consumer advocates say it will stop retailers from charging people what their data says they'll pay, and a City Council memo says the effect on grocery bills is hard to predict. Read More

A new poll showed 64% of 1,166 Americans varied sharply along partisan lines, with a majority of Republicans saying it was appropriate for Trump and his family to invest in crypto.

Some consumers could be owed compensation if the companies are found to have broken the law

Taiwan's government expects central tax revenue to reach NT$3.522 trillion in 2027, up 42% from the 2026 budget estimate, driven by continued growth in AI-related manufacturing and investment. The forecast, released by the Ministry of Finance, reflects rising revenue from a stronger industrial base, robust capital spending and increased market activity tied to the island's role in global AI hardw…

Analysis of 7,392 menu items from 200 large restaurant chains found that lower-calorie options on two major UK food delivery platforms carried a substantially higher cost per 100 kcal than higher-calorie items. The findings suggest that per-calorie pricing may create financial disincentives for choosing lower-calorie foods, with potential implications for diet-related health inequalities.

Canadians have a distorted view of others’ financial well-being compared to their neighbours across the border.

Weather has an impact on the sales of certain products, and new research shows that timely adjustments in price and advertising can make it possible for firms to increase profits.

We are easy prey for drip pricing, the practice of incrementally disclosing unavoidable additional fees, squeezing our wallets and feeling unfair.

New research shows that when companies do things like give to charity or reduce their carbon footprint, consumers perceive their products as less risky.