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Behavioral Economics with Fexingo: Decision Making, Bias, and How People Really Spend

Behavioral Economics with Fexingo: Decision Making, Bias, and How People Really Spend

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What really drives the way people spend, save, and invest? Behavioral economics challenges the textbook assumption of the rational actor by revealing the systematic biases and mental shortcuts that shape every financial decision. In this show, Lucas and Luna sit down at the research library to dissect the experimental evidence, from Kahneman and Tversky's prospect theory to Thaler's nudge framework, and test those findings against real-world pricing, marketing, and policy design. They walk through specific studies — the endowment effect in housing markets, the sunk-cost fallacy in subscription pricing, the framing of credit-card interest rates — and ask what those experiments imply for a consumer choosing a mortgage or a CFO setting a price. Lucas brings the investigative journalist's rigor, pressing for the exact sample sizes, replication rates, and alternative interpretations; Luna pushes back with the practitioner's instinct, asking whether a bias that shows up in a lab actually translates to a shopping cart on Amazon. The listener is not a beginner: you already know that people aren't perfectly rational. What you want is the nuance — the boundary conditions where biases flip, the studies that fail to replicate, and the ethical line between a nudge and a manipulation. Each episode leaves one open question hanging: if we know these biases exist, should the government regulate against them, or is that a cure worse than the disease? #BehavioralEconomics #ProspectTheory #Nudge #Kahneman #Thaler #EndowmentEffect #SunkCost #Framing #Bias #DecisionMaking #ConsumerBehavior #BehavioralFinance #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #ResearchLibrary #PolicyDesign #CognitiveScience Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo© 2026 Fexingo. All rights reserved. Economia
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  • How The Availability Cascade Warps Financial Markets

    How The Availability Cascade Warps Financial Markets
    Oct 27 2026
    We explore how the availability cascade creates self-reinforcing cycles of belief in finance, using the 2008 housing crisis and recent retail trading frenzies as case studies. Lucas and Luna break down how vivid, memorable stories override statistical reality, driving asset bubbles and panic selling regardless of underlying fundamentals. This episode examines the psychological mechanics behind why certain narratives take hold while others fade, offering listeners tools to recognize when market sentiment is detached from data. #BehavioralEconomics #AvailabilityCascade #MarketPsychology #FinancialBubbles #CognitiveBias #NarrativeEconomics #RiskManagement #InvestingTips #HousingCrisis #RetailTrading #MediaInfluence #DecisionMaking #EconomicHistory #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #LucasAndLuna #FinanceEducation #MarketTrends Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    11 min
  • The Scarcity Mindset and Financial Stress

    The Scarcity Mindset and Financial Stress
    Oct 26 2026
    This episode examines the psychological toll of financial scarcity, drawing on Sendhil Mullainathan’s research to explain how a lack of money reduces cognitive bandwidth. We look at specific data from rural India showing that poverty lowers effective IQ scores by roughly fourteen points due to mental load, not ability. Lucas and Luna discuss why this isn't just about willpower but about capacity, and what it means for policy, hiring, and personal finance when our brains are running on empty. #BehavioralEconomics #ScarcityMindset #SendhilMullainathan #CognitiveBandwidth #FinancialStress #DecisionMaking #PovertyAndIQ #MentalLoad #EconomicsPodcast #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #LucasAndLuna #HumanCapital #RuralIndiaStudy #SugarCaneFarmers #TunnelVision #Delayed Gratification #FinancialPolicy Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    10 min
  • How Your Brain Tricks You Into Buying Things

    How Your Brain Tricks You Into Buying Things
    Oct 25 2026
    We dissect the specific mechanics of 'nudge theory' and how choice architecture subtly manipulates daily spending. Lucas explores the landmark study on organ donation opt-in versus opt-out rates, while Luna examines how default settings in retirement plans exploit our inertia. We break down why the easiest path is rarely the best financial one and offer concrete steps to audit your own defaults. This episode provides a clear framework for recognizing when systems are working against your wallet. #BehavioralEconomics #NudgeTheory #ChoiceArchitecture #DefaultOptions #FinancialDecisions #InertiaBias #ConsumerPsychology #OrganDonationStudy #RetirementPlanning #SunkCostFallacy #LossAversion #MentalAccounting #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #EconomicsShow #SmartSpending #DecisionMaking #CognitiveBiases Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 min
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