Narrative fallacy is a term introduced by Nassim Taleb [1]. It refers to our difficulty looking at a sequence of facts without connecting them in some way, either to each other or to something else we ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading consumer economics subject matter expert, ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

If you’ve ever let unworn clothes clutter your closet just because they were expensive, or followed through on plans you were dreading because you already bought tickets, you’re familiar with the sunk ...

I sat in my van with tears. "What did I do wrong?" Logically, I knew the answer was nothing. There is not a thing that I did that caused my loved one to have cancer. Yet, guilt flowed through my veins ...

Stack fallacy has caused many companies to attempt to capture new markets and fail spectacularly. When you see a database company thinking apps are easy, or a VM company thinking big data is easy — ...

As Novella wrote, "If I impolitely state that someone with whom I disagree is a jackass, that's not an ad hominem fallacy. If I say their argument is wrong because they are a jackass, then that is a ...

Sometimes, I am horribly unorganized. A few months ago, my Evernote inbox looked like this: A few months ago, my Evernote inbox looked like this. Author provided Over a few months, a small pile of ...

Megan McArdle spent years in a doomed relationship. The reason, she says: She fell victim to a common economic fallacy. Our Planet Money team has a love story with an economic idea at its heart. And ...