Dan Ariely
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1967-04-29 ) April 29, 1967 (age 59) , New York City , U.S.
- Education
- Cognitive psychology (PhD), Business administration (PhD)
- Alma mater
- Duke University , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Tel Aviv University
- Known for
- Behavioral economics
- Fields
- Behavioral economics Decision making
- Institutions
- Duke University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Doctoral advisor
- James Bettman , John G. Lynch Jr.
- Website
- danariely .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Ig Nobel Prize
- Official website
- www.danariely.com
- Image
- Dan Ariely January 2019.jpg
- Residence
- Ramat HaSharon
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- Commons category
- Dan Ariely
- date of birth
- 1967-04-29
- name in native language
- דן אריאלי
- social media followers
- 200899
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- significant person
- Jeffrey Epstein
- has written for
- The Wall Street Journal
- member of
- HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed
- medical condition
- burn
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Encyclopedic overview
Dan Ariely (Hebrew: דן אריאלי; born April 29, 1967) is an Israeli-American author and professor of business administration at Duke University. He is the co-founder of several companies implementing insights from behavioral science. Ariely wrote an advice column called "Ask Ariely" in The Wall Street Journal from June 2012 until September 2022. He is the author of the three New York Times best-selling books Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth about Dishonesty. He co-produced the 2015 documentary (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies. Ariely's life, research, and book Predictably Irrational inspired the 2023 NBC television series The Irrational.
Since 2010, several of Ariely's statements and papers have received criticism regarding their reproducibility or reliability. In one case, a paper was retracted due to falsified data. Duke University has so far declined to comment on Ariely's culpability. In 2026, it was revealed that Ariely had a longstanding relationship with the American convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, although Ariely denied having any connection with Epstein's criminal acts.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dan Ariely” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.