Putting Peer Pressure to Work: A Q&A with Robert Frank
Economist Robert Frank used to believe that any individual action a person takes to reduce their carbon footprint would have a tiny, negligible impact on the planet. He’s changed his mind.
Economist Robert Frank used to believe that any individual action a person takes to reduce their carbon footprint would have a tiny, negligible impact on the planet. He’s changed his mind.
It’s little wonder that people would believe that higher taxes would make them feel bad. But this is a cognitive error, pure and simple.
New research reveals how immigrants are making the economy hum. Far from taking jobs, immigrants are creating them.
A decade ago, giving money directly to those in poverty was seen as a radical idea. Today, that perception is shifting. But there are still unanswered questions about the effects of cash transfers when used at scale.
In the fall issue of Public Opinion Quarterly in 1949, sociologist Paul Lazarsfeld pulled one of my favorite social science head fakes of all time.
Most disaster risk assessments make the mistake of treating human behavior as constant over time, and that’s a problem.