A Well Written Short History/Introduction to Behavioral Economics

Here is a short history and introduction to Behavioral Economics for those that are interested in the field. I find it a good introduction to Behavioral Economics even though Richard Thaler's Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics is a better and a more in-depth breakdown of the field.

Good Hoover article on the Rise of Scientism

Just reading through a plethora of online articles, I found something that can be applied to economics, which is the idea of rise of "Scientism". Here is the article that is posted on the Hoover Institution website. It's quite interesting to think of how it relates to all of the 'competitive discussion' within the economics community. All of theories in each of the competing different schools of economic thought comes to mind! A good article and good food for thought for those who are interested in trying out new ideas or just a good read in general as "Scientism" is something to be entirely avoided in our field.

June Reading List

Since I have started to be busy this month working on more important details, I will list my June AND July Reading List this month. I will also catch up on the books that I have not completed from the previous months and they will not be listed on this list. This means the list I have here will be much more brief than previous lists.

Econ Books:
1. Nahid Aslanbeigui & Guy Oakes - The Making of a Cambridge Economist
2. James Rickards - The Death of Money
3. Robert J. Shiller - Irrational Exuberance

Non-Econ Books:
1. Graham T Allison - Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis