Economic Rockstar

Dan Ariely is Professor of Psychology & Behavioral Economics at Duke University in North Carolina. Dan’s interests span a wide range of behaviors, and his sometimes unusual experiments are consistently interesting, amusing and informative, demonstrating profound ideas that fly in the face of common wisdom. Dan is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty and his latest book Irrationally Yours is now available. Dan received a B.A in Psychology from Tel Aviv University, an M.A and PhD in Cognitive Psychology from University of North Carolina and another PhD in Business Administration from Duke University. In this episode you will learn: about Dan Ariely’s traumatic experience resulting in severe burns. how Dan found his love for psychology and behavioral economics. why Dan will not be teaching his Irrational Behavior course on Coursera. the problems with MOOCs like Coursera and why it is making the wrong cho