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The Psychology of Riding it Out: Why People Don’t Prepare for Hurricanes
By Brad Swain Why don’t people prepare for natural disasters? They get plenty of media coverage, many are relatively predictable, and the amount of damage they can do is no secret. It seems…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology / OCTOBER 27 2017
Give ‘Em The Slip: Using Friction for Savings
By: Maura Farver, Stephanie Tepper, and Matt Trower Millions of Americans operate primarily in a cash economy. These individuals not only carry greater risk in storing their money, but also miss out on the…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Common Cents Lab, Money, Increase Short- and Long-term Savings / OCTOBER 18 2017
Stealing Books
By Maura Farver The Boston Globe recently covered a story about how Charles Bukowski and Jack Kerouac books were routinely being stolen from Porter Square Books in Cambridge (September 6th, 2017 “Who…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology / SEPTEMBER 11 2017
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Help us improve email
Dear friends, In thinking about how to improve email (something that gives us both joy and stress), I’d like to ask for your help. I’m trying to understand how people use email and what…
Cheat Codes: Calling all Artists
Artists from around the world are invited to attend a discussion about behavioral economics, dishonesty and cheating at the Center for Advanced Hindsight on October 25 at 7:30 PM EST. (Artists who do not…
Partisans Don’t Know How the Middle Feels
Ten minutes into the Presidential debate, my democratic friends were sure it was a failure. They tweeted, “Nothing he is saying is making me feel anything.” A lot of Democrats have walked away from…