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Science and Faith: Behavioral Insights for Religious Communities during COVID-19
By: Samir Gangolli, Dan Rosica, and Joseph Sherlock Background This fall, the Center for Advanced Hindsight (CAH) at Duke University partnered with five North Carolina Counties–Cabarrus, Catawba, Gaston, Haywood, and Union–and the North Carolina…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Government / DECEMBER 10 2020
The Center Partners with NC State College of Design to Help Local Governments Navigate COVID-19
By Dan Rosica The Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke University has partnered with the NC State College of Design and five North Carolina counties to form a multidisciplinary collaboration aiming to use behavioral…
Government / OCTOBER 13 2020
Our Best Behavioral Wishes to the United Nations on its 75th Anniversary
By Anson Tong, Liz Tracy, and Joseph Sherlock On September 21, today, the United Nations is celebrating its 75th anniversary with the theme of “The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffirming our…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Government / SEPTEMBER 21 2020
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Does Thinking About Your Spouse Change Your Financial Behavior?
By Wendy De La Rosa and Tuo Yang Take a moment and think about the most important financial decisions you make in your life: buying a house, investing for retirement, or saving for your kids’…
How to Design (GREAT) Experiments: Comprehensive guide
Bombastic Beats launched a new music app that processes speech patterns and noise levels at a party and adjusts the music accordingly.
Truth Bending: Why Politicians are Such Comfortable Liars
Today many Americans find themselves thinking: how are politicians so comfortable lying? The answer may be found in the important element of how they lie. Specifically, politicians rarely lie straightforwardly; instead, they bend the…
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…