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June 23, 2021
restaurant psychology
June 23, 2021
Why We Tip

Looking back and looking ahead at our tipping behavior, we can expect tips to remain a social norm that will increase.

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April 23, 2021
beef prices
April 23, 2021
The (Surprisingly) Best Way to Reduce Our Carbon Footprint

If we really want to diminish our carbon footprint, we need to focus on behavior that is somewhat different from what we usually do.

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January 7, 2019
plastic straw bans
January 7, 2019
How Governments Nudge Us

Whether it's plastic straw use, energy conservation, or flu vaccinations, governments use nudges to influence our decisions.

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February 7, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and congestion pricing
February 7, 2018
The Contest That NYC Didn’t Want To Win

With other cities like London having successfully implemented a traffic congestion pricing plan, NYC has begun to figure out a proposal.

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October 10, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Richard Thaler and behavioral economics nudges
October 10, 2017
The Story of a Nudge and the Nobel Economics Prize

For his public policy nudges and his contributions to behavioral economics, Richard Thaler will get the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

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July 9, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup financial decisions and red print
July 9, 2017
The Surprising Impact of Seeing Red

Making financial decisions, we might take more or less risk because of the color of the print in our documents and charts.

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