The fallacy is that we are surprised when things that are supposed to vary a lot, come down one way a number of times. We feel the next case must break the pattern. In reality, there is no pattern.

Kahneman and Tversky, and later Dan Lovallo, have suggested that taking an outside view to forecasting helps reduce the planning fallacy. Many project-planning frameworks used by firms today, such ...

Understanding the Broken Window Fallacy . In Bastiat's tale, a boy breaks a window. The townspeople looking on decide that the boy has actually done the community a service because his father will ...

In analyzing this cartoon, semiotician Blonsky cautions against succumbing to the Intentional Fallacy: In criticism, he says, it is a mistake to give much weight at all to the artist's stated ...

‘An economic fallacy’: Rand Paul doesn’t see the benefits of tariffs The Kentucky Republican also questioned the president’s authority to impose tariffs by fiat. A container ship is moored ...

Even if you’ve never heard of the planning fallacy, you’ve likely experienced it. It’s a phenomenon in which a person or team underestimates how long a task will take and what it will cost ...

Back in the 1800s, the expression “pull oneself up by the bootstraps” meant the opposite of what it does now. Then it was used mockingly to describe an impossible act.

The sunk cost fallacy often muddies this inflection point—a psychological trap that tempts owners to chase poor investments or decisions, sometimes at the expense of more promising opportunities.

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There Are No Economic Forecasts, There’s Just Fallacy. ByJohn Tamny, Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Follow Author. Oct 06, 2024, 10:00am EDT.

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However, he refuses to upgrade because he perceives a loss of $200,000 relative to the original price he paid of $1 million. Bob is committing the sunk cost fallacy by letting the original price ...