Amtrak and the Ethics of Influence
Amtrak wants you to buy travel insurance, even if it’s not in your best interest. BY ELLIOTT JAMES You pick
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Minds Playing Tricks: Illinois’ Pension Crisis
BY LAUREN MCHUGH In the hundreds of campaign tweets made by Illinois governor candidates Bruce Rauner and J.B. Pritzker in
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Vote Bundling and Vote Tripling: Innovative GOTV Tactics
BY ROBERT REYNOLDS Let’s say “Debbie the Democrat” is running for the US House of Representatives. Debbie knows she can
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The Behavioral Science Revolution is Over-Hyped
BY DAVID FULL The October 2017 decision to award the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to Professor Richard Thaler, a
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Undoing Tribalism: How Behavioral Science Can Sway Opinion and Reduce Conflict
BY SYLVIE STOLOFF AND ANNA GIANNUZZI What if we could deescalate some of the world’s deadliest conflicts by nudging people
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The Life-Saving Science of Avoiding Temptation
Humans constantly over-indulge, and our long-term health suffers for it. Behavioral science tools called “commitment devices” could help us both stay on track and stay alive.
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What Works to Increase Disaster Preparedness?
Despite recent disasters and major national efforts to promote disaster readiness, a full two-thirds of American households do not have adequate plans or have no plans at all for a disaster. What can behavioral science teach us about how to get people to prepare?
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