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Why Is It So Hard to Talk about Money?
  • Mar 22 2018
  • Published in: Scientific American
  • Keywords: Budget Management, Money

Over the course of our lives, there are many uncomfortable questions and…

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The Best Way to Run a Business Experiment? Start Backwards
  • Mar 14 2018
  • Published in: Inc.
  • Keywords: Startup Lab

Should startups bother running experiments? The short answer is a resounding yes…

Rachael Meleney ALUMNUS

Hourly Employees Need Reliable Schedules: Can Behavioral Science Help Companies Deliver?
  • Mar 5 2018
  • Published in: Behavioral Scientist
  • Keywords: Improve Cash Flow Management, Common Cents Lab

We talk a lot about how Americans don’t have enough savings. Bankrate…

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We Forget That Everything Is Relative
  • Feb 20 2018
  • Published in: Behavioral Scientist
  • Keywords: Money

Susan Thompkins is somebody’s Aunt Susan, and everyone has a version of…

Dan Ariely PRINCIPAL, CENTER FOR ADVANCED HINDSIGHT

How to Enjoy (and Survive) the Holidays Using Behavioral Science
  • Dec 19 2017
  • Published in: Behavioral Scientist
  • Keywords: Health, Eating, Money

The holidays are a little different than the rest of the year…

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Social Network Sites and Well-Being: The Role of Social Connection
  • Dec 19 2017
  • Published in: Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • Keywords: Health

In the early days of the Internet, both conventional wisdom and scholarship…

Jenna Clark

The Tax Bill Avoids this Planning Fallacy (for Now)
  • Dec 1 2017
  • Published in: Behavioral Scientist
  • Keywords: Money

As the proposed congressional tax bill has taken shape, there has been…

Maura Farver ALUMNUS

College rankings hinder economic equality
  • Nov 27 2017
  • Published in: Behavioral Scientist
  • Keywords: Money

Despite widespread efforts to even the playing field, economic inequality looms large…

Stephanie Tepper ALUMNUS