Apple iOS sports a “Do Not Disturb” feature If you’ve ever moved your alarm clock across the room so that you have to get out of bed to turn it off, you understand the difference between good intentions and good...
The folks at the New York Times are either super lucky, or they have a keen understanding of how to apply behavioral economics. Earlier this year, the New York Times began putting the majority of its content behind a “pay...
Check out the following (simple) math problem: 2 + 4 = __ Easy, right? But now suppose that just at the moment you wrote 6 in as the answer (you chose, 6, right?), the plus sign changed to a multiplication sign instead. Wrong...
I gotta admit, G and I have been totally out of the Groupon loop. But a company that turns down billions from Google and plans an IPO with an implied valuation in the $20B range deserves a bit more attention. Other than...
It’s still a bit early to tell about the details of the new debt deal churned out of Washington over the weekend. But by all signals, it’s got elements that the more passionate members of both sides of the aisle...
CNN and NY Times report on the gubment’s new approach to goosing better eating: ditch the food pyramid and replace it with an easier-to-read icon based on a plate. Under the surface, there’s some decent behavioral...
Interesting article in Time on the general tendency of people to look at the future and the past through rose-colored glasses. No one’s totally sure why this happens, but presumably there are certain selection advantages...
The New York Times reports on executive pay and mutual fund management fees, topics which are getting fairly significant interest in the courts. On one side are the econs, who argue that the market will solve outsized fees by...
According to The Huffington Post, the president and first lady have a love-hate relationship with their pastry chef: Obama says the pastry chef makes “the best pie I have ever tasted, and that has caused big problems with...
Good old (well, new) khakis are hitting the streets for more than $500, and Eric Wilson of the New York Times wants to know why. After all, economic times are a bit dicey, so it would seem hard to justify five Cs on pants. But...
