bspa this week (1.31.17)
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behavioral economics isn’t dead yet
BloombergView’s Noah Smith argues that, “the people proclaiming the death of behavioral macroeconomics might have been a bit premature. Even if psychology itself doesn’t answer the big economic questions, we may benefit from new macroeconomic theories that assume people are just a little bit irrational.”
For insights into some of the big questions behavioral scientists could help address, former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Jason Furman, has some suggestions in his new BSP article. -
the data that turned the world upside down
Motherboard Vice on how a big data company behind Trump’s online campaign and UK’s Brexit campaign used psychometrics and behavioral science to help both win.
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the normalization trap
Adam Bear and Joshua Knobe’s research suggests that people tend to “combine their sense of what is typical with their sense of what is ideal” to decide what is normal. This New York Times op-ed explains why this presents cause for concern about “normalization” and what to do about it.
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Why you can’t stop checking your email
Brigid Schulte of the Better Life Lab on unplugging our brains, a new law in France, and an experiment with ideas42 employees in this CNN opinion.
In Other News...
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Do people think food is healthier when it costs more? #BE https://t.co/djFkb5fxZN
— BEworks Inc. (@BEworksInc) January 30, 2017
One in, two out for regulation - a discussion before today's important Executive Order,https://t.co/cQO2fwrFRO
— Cass Sunstein (@CassSunstein) January 30, 2017
The fiery partnership between two great psychologists can help explain why some relationships fall apart https://t.co/xmsXI31HTJ
— Quartz (@qz) January 30, 2017
Excited to work with @PathfinderInt to address behavioral barriers to family planning use. https://t.co/7Iap7LCdY1
— ideas42 (@ideas42) January 26, 2017
Excited to work with @PathfinderInt to address behavioral barriers to family planning use. https://t.co/7Iap7LCdY1
— ideas42 (@ideas42) January 26, 2017
Excited to work with @PathfinderInt to address behavioral barriers to family planning use. https://t.co/7Iap7LCdY1
— ideas42 (@ideas42) January 26, 2017