Stated vs. Revealed Preference: Books
What people say they want vs. what they actually choose: books.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025-11-20-revealed-preference--stated-vs-revealed-preference-books/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Stated: "What sort of books do you read?" "Oh, you know. Classics. Tomes." "Um… which tomes?" "Mostly the classic ones." Revealed (later that day): "oh Batman, you fool, just KISS HIM"