Dan Ariely: It’s OK to cheat and steal (sometimes)

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Dan Ariely: It’s OK to cheat and steal (sometimes)

Dan Ariely is a behavioural economist. He studies irrationality and tries to understand why humans act as they do act. In this video he focuses on the role of morality. In some clever studies he looks at why we think that it’s OK to cheat and steal (sometimes).

Written by Martin Metzmacher

April 5, 2010 at 10:22 am

Posted in Behavioural Science

Tagged with behavioural economy, cheat, Dan Ariely, morality, presentation, steal, TED, video

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