I've had a lot of cognitive behavioural therapy, and am having a family now. Votes: 1
Trisha GoddardCats - a standing rebuke to behavioural scientists . . . least human of all creatures. Votes: 0
Lewis ThomasThe virtues of character, behavioural patterns determine how great a nation and people are. Votes: 0
Sunday AdelajaSometimes, when I hear people without experience of addiction blame addicts for their behaviour, I feel like saying to them: 'You simply don't understand - how can a child be held responsible for doing such a dreadful thing to himself?' But then again, at other times I have to acknowledge: it was done wilfully. Votes: 1 Will Self
Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as a good approximation to their long term behaviour, but it would be unwise not to think how in practice their behaviour may deviate from that simplifying assumption. Votes: 3 Evan Davis
The great thing about behavioural psychology and economics is that they help us to see that there are actually pretty good reasons why human beings swing from greed to fear, and why we're not really calculating machines or utility-maximisers. Votes: 3 Niall Ferguson