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The Behavioral Economics of Eating Animals

Throughout my life, I have loved eating meat, but my two best friends at Duke are vegetarians, and because of them I was persuaded to read Eating Animals by one of my favorite contemporary authors,…

Behavioral Economics & Psychology   /   MAY 27 2011

Rapture Me Not

On my drive to Asheville, NC this past weekend, I passed a multitude of billboards like the one below. According to multimillionaire Harold Camping, tomorrow is Judgment Day. You may have heard. The idea…

Behavioral Economics & Psychology   /   MAY 20 2011

Dishonest Drunks

When you think about behavioral science research, the image that probably comes to mind is that of laboratories, computers, surveys, electrodes, and maybe even rats — but you may not realize the amount of…

Behavioral Economics & Psychology   /   MAY 13 2011