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How We Got Here; Infographic
We launched a survey aimed at understanding financial well being across the nation. Check out this infographic about what we found and learn how The Common Cents Lab came to be!
Common Cents Lab, Financial Decision-making Aided by Technology / AUGUST 26 2016
Managing the Month on Food Stamps
Managing the Month on Food Stamps The State of Food Stamps Now What is SNAP? The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, is the United States’ federally-funded food…
Common Cents Lab, Improve Cash Flow Management / AUGUST 9 2016
How to Increase Retirement Savings
How to Increase Retirement Savings: Key Insights from Behavioral Economics -By Brad Swain, Common Cents Lab Duke University The United States is currently under ongoing shift from predictable benefit pension plans to defined contribution plans. Unlike…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Common Cents Lab / AUGUST 9 2016
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Now Accepting Applications for the CAH Startup Lab
Now Accepting Applications for the CAH Startup Lab Dan Ariely’s Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke is now accepting applications for its second cohort of the Startup Lab, which begins October 2016. Health and…
Saving By Spending
This week, I visited a camera store to order two enlarged prints as a gift. I don’t order photo prints very often; in fact, I’m not sure that I have ever ordered prints aside…
Digital Health’s Secret Weapon: Behavioral Science
By Aline Holzwarth Article originally appeared in HealthTech magazine. Read the full article here. With the ubiquity of smartphones, and the fact that everyone (including your grandma) carries their devices with them everywhere, we also carry…
Make plans, not resolutions
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. By Aline Holzwarth Your new year’s resolution is very likely to fail. Most do. Resolutions are just not built to succeed. They rely on willpower, hoping…