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

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

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 (https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo)

Publisher

Fexingo

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 May 2026

Latest episode

25 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

209 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Oct 2026

   How Your Brain Tricks You Into Buying Things

   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 (https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo)

2. 

   24 Oct 2026

   How The Sunk Cost Fallacy Traps Business Decisions

   We dissect why companies like Kodak and Blockbuster doubled down on failing strategies rather than cutting losses. This episode explores the psychology behind sunk cost, showing how emotional attachment to past investments blinds leaders to future realities. We examine specific corporate case studies and offer practical frameworks for recognizing when it is time to walk away from a bad bet. #BehavioralEconomics #SunkCostFallacy #BusinessStrategy #DecisionMaking #CorporatePsychology #Leadership #KodakCaseStudy #BlockbusterHistory #LossAversion #InvestmentBias #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #EconomicsDaily #FinancialLiteracy #ManagementTips #ConsumerBehavior #MarketTrends #CareerAdvice Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo (https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo)

3. 

   23 Oct 2026

   The Paradox of Free Shipping

   We dissect why consumers willingly pay more for products just to unlock free shipping, a phenomenon that defies basic economic logic. Using data from the post-pandemic e-commerce shift and behavioral studies on transaction utility, we explore how retailers weaponize our aversion to fees. Lucas and Luna break down the hidden math behind the thirty-dollar minimum order threshold and what it reveals about how we value convenience versus cash. #BehavioralEconomics #FreeShipping #TransactionUtility #ConsumerPsychology #RetailStrategy #PricingPower #MentalAccounting #EcommerceTrends #LucasAndLuna #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #DecisionMaking #SpendingHabits #EconomicBias #SupplyChain #LogisticsCosts #SmartShopping #MarketInefficiency Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo (https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo)

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