bspa this week (12.13.16)
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Praise for Michael Lewis’ book on Kahneman & Tversky
Michael Lewis’ new book The Undoing Project about the friendship of Tversky and Kahneman hit the shelves last week, and it’s all over the internet: Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler give it a thumbs up in the The New Yorker, Slate has an excerpt about revolutionizing the art of NBA draft picks, and Bloomberg and The Guardian also feature reviews. NY Mag’s Science of Us even has a piece connecting the themes of the Kahneman and Tversky’s experience to Donald Trump’s election.
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Getting To Optimal: Generic Drugs And Electronic Health Records
Behavioral science can help doctors optimize the prescription of generic drugs, say ideas42’s Ted Robertson and physician Dr. Mitesh Patel in Forbes.
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Definitive data on what poor people buy when they’re just given cash
Will people “waste” unconditional cash transfers? Not according to the data, as covered in this Quartz piece by Dan Kopf.
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The Mistakes We Make When Giving to Charity
Shlomo Benartzi and Christopher Olivola on the three biggest mistakes people make when considering a charitable donation in the Wall Street Journal.
In Other News...
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Syon Bhanot (@spbhanot) & Jacky Ye explain why behavioral economics suggests you should give @NateSilver538 a break https://t.co/ksaJi4SWyk
— Misbehaving Blog (@MisbehavingBlog) December 6, 2016
New on the blog: Embracing insights from many sources https://t.co/ze47GaN6TH
— Behavioural Insights (@B_I_Tweets) December 8, 2016
Predictive #Analytics: Better than human intuition? https://t.co/3RlDUMifpX @B_I_Tweets @elizabethlinos @KatKlosek #analytics #data
— GovEx (@gov_ex) December 7, 2016
Choice architecture saves lives: change Tylenol packaging from bottle to blister pack decrease overdose deaths by 43%https://t.co/2aTCgjiI5Q
— Jon M Jachimowicz (@jonj) December 11, 2016
@beELLorg member Mackenzie Whipps blogs about unanswered questions re: text based parenting strategies @BeSciPol https://t.co/McXtl2hGuf
— beELL (@beELLorg) December 5, 2016
A take on Michael Lewis' new book on Kahneman and Tversky with my buddy @CassSunstein https://t.co/ywqFUlAQeu Spoiler: we like it.
— Richard H Thaler (@R_Thaler) December 7, 2016