Mar 04 How can we promote gender equality in the workforce? By Iris Bohnet Behavioral economist Iris Bohnet explains how behavioral designs can be implemented in classrooms and offices to change and de-bias organizations instead of individuals. Continue reading
Feb 12 A good gift should have these two characteristics By Dan Ariely Behavioral economist Dan Ariely explains the two characteristics of a good gift. Continue reading
Jan 20 Poverty makes financial decisions harder. Behavioral economics can help By Dan Ariely Making good financial decisions becomes even more difficult when you’re poor. Here's what behavioral economists are doing to make such decisions easier. Continue reading
Jan 19 Mental depletion complicates financial decisions for the poor By Dan Ariely Why does it become more difficult to make good financial decisions when you’re poor?… Continue reading
Jan 07 Money can buy happiness, especially when you invest it in others By Paul Solman Money can buy happiness — that is, as long as you follow five core principals on how to spend it. Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch 8:38 If Santa’s workshop was run by behavioral economists By PBS News Hour A pebble that reminds your daughter to take a shorter shower. A device to remind your dad to get up off the couch. Economics correspondent Paul Solman revisits ideas42, a behavioral economics consultancy, to get more gift ideas that could… Continue watching
Nov 27 Why it’s OK to splurge on Black Friday, according to a behavioral economist By Kristen Doerer Dan Ariely says go ahead, buy that new ski jacket on Black Friday. As a behavioral economist at Duke University, he's studied how people can successfully indulge one day, and then resume normal spending practices for the rest of the… Continue reading
Nov 12 Large CEO-worker wage gaps are a major consumer turnoff By Max Nesterak Researchers found that people were much more willing to buy products from companies that have smaller CEO-worker wage gaps. Continue reading
Aug 25 Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller says human nature, not China, explains market volatility By Robert Shiller Was the roller coaster week on Wall Street the bursting of a speculative bubble?… Continue reading
Jun 26 Can you win this game? Behavioral economics says no By Paul Solman Economics correspondent Paul Solman sat down with Richard Thaler, who's been called the inventor of behavioral economics, to discuss human behavior in the field of economics. Most humans, he points out, aren't the rational mathematicians economists assume they are, and… Continue reading