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Oct 22, 2009

Lab rats, Michael Jordan and Wall Street pay

behavioral economics | Dan Ariely | executive compensation | incentives | MIT | poptech

UPDATE: Watch a Reuters video interview with Ariely.

What do turn of the century lab rats, clutch NBA players like Michael Jordan, and Wall Street’s highest-paid executives have in common? Dan Ariely has some ideas.

“We study the irrationality of people and markets. 2008 was a very good year for us,” the behavioral economist noted wryly at the Poptech conference on Thursday.
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