bspa this week (1.24.17)
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A Gathering of the Global Elite, Through a Woman’s Eyes
The New York Times profiles a day in the life of a “Davos Woman,” Harvard behavioral economist Iris Bohnet, one of the female leaders participating in the 2017 World Economic Forum. Women represent 1 out of 5 of the participants this year. Bohnet’s book What Works provides a guide to using behavior design to reduce gender inequality and de-bias organizations. The profile takes an honest look at how the forum itself is doing on the de-biasing front, from the perspective of a woman leader and behavioral expert.
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How Not to Hate Doing Your Taxes
Bloomberg gathers tips from behavioral scientists on how taxpayers and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service can make filing taxes feel less bad.
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This is Your Brain on Poverty
Pacific Standard has an article on using behavioral economics to fight poverty, based on research from Scarcity co-authors Eldar Shafir and Sendhil Mullainathan, and perspective from ideas42’s Anthony Barrows.
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New Blog on Social Proof, Podcast with Sunstein
Meirav Furth-Matzkin writes on the BSPA blog about her work with Cass Sunstein on social proof. Also a new podcast by Aspen Institute features dialogue between David Brooks and Cass Sunstein on nudges and their limits.
In Other News...
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Early-Career Behavioral Economics conference: June 16-17 in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon. https://t.co/96YfIbyLdr
— Carey Morewedge (@morewedge) January 17, 2017
Kudos! State Senator @JulianCyr is pushing for Mass lead the way in behaviorally-informed policy: https://t.co/DbyUaOJXrP
— anthony_barrows (@anthony_barrows) January 23, 2017
Come design BeSci interventions in education, criminal justice, & workforce w/ @jenniferdoleac A.Barr, & me! Pls RT https://t.co/3v0ZVgzDWR pic.twitter.com/UDkmZnubXY
— Ben Castleman (@BenCastleman) January 20, 2017
Psychological "Vaccine" Immunizes Against Fake News https://t.co/lTVJEcFfDU
— Psychology News (@PsychNews) January 23, 2017
Boosting economic growth: Our CEO David Halpern on the Modern #IndustrialStrategy https://t.co/RCEVzZvSmO …
— Behavioural Insights (@B_I_Tweets) January 23, 2017
New PNAS paper showing long-term effects on students of asking parents to encourage their HS kids to enroll in STEM: https://t.co/zyEmpEckoJ pic.twitter.com/EGPdfM35JN
— Todd Rogers (@Todd_Rogers_) January 22, 2017
Does Having Too Much Money Make Us Stupid? New post in @forbeshealth @Forbes @DukeU @dukemargolis https://t.co/jqnpsNDl14
— Peter Ubel (@peterubel) January 16, 2017
Recent @Wharton research suggests ways to make the Earned Income Tax Credit more effective: https://t.co/P3miCqUtnK
— Knowledge@Wharton (@whartonknows) January 20, 2017
.@BeSciPol asked @MayaUShankar if she had anything to add to the @NewYorker piece on behavioral science in Flint: https://t.co/71V983Jn0p
— ideas42 (@ideas42) January 18, 2017