The ID and the nudge: where Freud meets behavioural economics

What can the psychologist's ideas tell us about our attitudes toward money? Behavioural economics is a relatively young field of psychology that searches for ways to improve judgement and decision-making, but its intellectual influences run deep. Briana S. Last, a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology, explores how Sigmund Freud's ideas provide insights into the duality of human cognition.