In behavioral economics, we never want to lose our options. We often keep our doors open even if we never have any intention to go back through them. It is our often irrational fear that once we close the door we’ll have the need to get back that prevents us from moving forward in a constructive way.
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As a rule, faced with two similar options and one dissimilar option, behavioral economics says that most people will discard the dissimilar option and choose between the similar options based on our hardwired need to compare two like things. Furthermore, behavioral economics shows us that by contemplating a number, which in fact can be quite
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Remember when Blu-ray and HD DVD were competing for head to head and it became clear that Blu-ray was going to emerge as the standard? Savvy retailers, knowing that buyers respond in irrational ways to the word “Free”, began to offer HD DVD players that sold in the neighborhood of $400 a piece with “Five
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Economics assumes that an individual provided with all the facts will respond rationally and make good buying decisions. Behavioral Economics recognizes that our brains are hardwired in certain ways that make us respond, often quite predictably and irrationally, in ways contrary to logical economic rules. With a better understanding of just a few hardwired behavioral
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Each generation has their own unique attitudes and behaviors that set them apart. Gen YBorn 1977-1994 (17 Years)Population size 71 million (4.2 million births per year) Gen Y’s are the children of the Baby Boomers. They lived their formative years with technology and grew up watching cable TV and playing on the Internet. As a
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Each generation has their own unique attitudes and behaviors that set them apart. Gen XBorn 1966-1976 (10 Years)Population 41 million (4.1 million births per year). Members of Gen X were left alone to fend for themselves. Most were dropped off at daycare as very young children. When they reached school age they returned home to
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Each generation has their own unique attitudes and behaviors that set them apart. Late Boomers –Born 1956-1965 (9 Years)Population size – 49 million (5.4 million births per year). Late Boomers lived their formative years with Watergate, which shaped their general mistrust of government. The oil embargo and other economic struggles squelched their optimism about the
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Each generation has their own unique attitudes and behaviors that set them apart. Early BoomersBorn 1946-1954 (8 Years)Population size – 33 million (4.1 million births per year). Early Boomers lived their formative years with Vietnam and witnessed the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King. They lived through the Civil Rights movement and
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The world’s iconic image of an American is that of the cowboy. At our core, Americans think of themselves as a little lawless, like the cowboy. Whether it is speeding on the highway, drinking during Prohibition, or smoking marijuana, being a “little” rebellious is being American. Sports cars tout their ability to go fast
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