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June 4, 2024
fare evasion
June 4, 2024
When a Nudge Is Necessary

To solve New York City's subway and bus fare evasion, a behavioral economist would suggest a nudge that created new incentives.

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April 3, 2024
economic news roundup and airline baggage fees
April 3, 2024
When One Item Has More Than One Price

Expanding the reach of its variable prices, JetBlue recently added dynamic baggage fees to its airline fares.

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November 28, 2022
economic news roundup and electric vehicles
November 28, 2022
What You Might Want To Drive In Norway

Before anyone heard of sustainability, decades ago, a popular band helped to make EVs a part of Norway's culture.

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October 8, 2021
boarding planes
October 8, 2021
When Carbon is Like a Calorie

By looking at the impact of the Affordable Care Act's calorie label mandate, we can guess how much Google's emission facts will influence us.

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January 26, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and value of a vaccine
January 26, 2021
How Legos Helped to Build a Vaccination Center

Albrecht […]

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September 2, 2020
economic news roundup and calorie labels
September 2, 2020
Does a Calorie Label Make Us Eat Less?

While the purpose of restaurant calorie labels has been to provide diners with more information, it did not work out entirely as expected.

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July 14, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and pandemic women workers
July 14, 2020
Six Handy Economic Ideas That Describe Our Coronavirus Response

Coronavirus economics can describe our response to the pandemic with the same six ideas that compose a basic economics course.

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December 2, 2018
economic news roundup shopping nudges
December 2, 2018
Six Facts About How Supermarkets Influence What We Buy

These six facts tell us how our supermarket shopping can be influenced by much more than the shopping list we bring with us.

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November 19, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Facebook social media impact
November 19, 2018
The Real Problem With Facebook’s Business Model

To understand the problem with Facebook's ad revenue business model, we can just look at the role played by price as an incentive.

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May 23, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and behavioral nudges
May 23, 2018
The Behavioral Nudges That Our Trains and Planes Give Us

The best designed railway stations and airports have behavioral nudges that travelers don't even know they are following.

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November 21, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tipping behavior
November 21, 2017
How Our Tipping Behavior is Changing

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November 7, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and deceased organ donations
November 7, 2017
When Organ Donors Need More Than a Nudge

Sometimes increasing deceased organ donations takes more than a nudge because of the behind-the-scene details that are necessary.

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