Forbes: This is Your Brain on Credit

An article written by Tim Harford on the 23rd March, 2009.
Published on Other Writing.

As so often, the Sage of Omaha put it best: “Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money.” These days, it is hard to disagree. Warren Buffett’s warning now looks less like a mere aphorism and more like a sharp summary of the latest research in behavioral economics. Our stone-age brains just don’t seem to be able to cope with digital-age credit products…

Continued at Forbes.com.

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