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Common Cents Names New Class to Advance Financial Health Using Behavioral Science
2018 partners will create behavioral interventions with Common Cents Lab to improve financial decision-making for low- to moderate-income people in America San Francisco, CA and Durham, NC – March 1, 2018 – Common Cents…
Common Cents Lab / FEBRUARY 28 2018
Common Cents Report: Hacking Human Behavior to Improve Financial Health
57 projects and experiments involving over 1.7 million people demonstrate how behavioral science is already improving financial health for half a million low-to-moderate income individuals. San Francisco, Calif. and Durham, NC – March 1,…
Looking for an impact idea for next year’s tax season? We got you covered.
By Stephanie Tepper and Emory Nelms Over the last few years, the Common Cents Lab has designed and run multiple experiments that infuse the best practices for VITA programs with insights from behavioral science….
Common Cents Lab, Money, Increase Short- and Long-term Savings / DECEMBER 6 2017
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Perception of Climate Change Solutions
Image source: Pixabay Project Drawdown is a non-profit organization that recently published a book titled ‘Drawdown’ (2017) which features a detailed list of solutions to the problem of global warming. They define drawdown as:…
Can I Buy You a Cup of Coffee?
At a coffee shop in Bluffton, South Carolina, people have been spontaneously paying for future customers’ drinks on a fairly consistent basis. Sometimes, those who are not even looking to buy coffee for themselves…
Rachael Meleney: Dance and Decision Paralysis
How long have you worked at CAH? I was brought on in September 2015. What brought you to CAH? I graduated from UNC with a variety of experience working with entrepreneurship education and…
Community Color at the Carrack Modern Art
Our very own Dan Ariely will be hosting an art auction for a local Durham Art Gallery, the Carrack Modern Art, on October 13th as a part of their first annual fundraiser. Community Color is…