How to Increase (and Sustain) Political Engagement
How can we sustain political engagement over a lifetime?
March 20th, 2018
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March 13th, 2018
Lessons from Building a Behavioral Science Initiative in City Government
Here are eight lessons we learned from building a behavioral science initiative in Philadelphia’s city government.
March 05th, 2018
I Think, Therefore I Am—Generous?
How behavioral science can help overcome suppressed altruism and unlock billions of dollars for the causes that matter most.
February 26th, 2018
Improving the Summons Process in New York City
The current system of court summons strains everyone involved. There’s another way to approach the problem.
February 20th, 2018
We Forget That Everything Is Relative
As H. L. Mencken once said, “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.”
February 06th, 2018
Why Five and Not Eight? How Round Number Bias Can Reduce Your Nest Egg
Our tendency to prefer round numbers has been observed in stock prices, tips in restaurants, and how much gas we put in our cars. Why are we drawn to round numbers?
January 30th, 2018
Can “Nudge Units” Help Build Better Health Systems?
Seemingly overnight, the University of Pennsylvania health system went from prescribing 75 percent generic medications to 98 percent. What changed?
January 15th, 2018
Want to Keep Your New Year’s Tech Resolutions? Embrace Sludge
Sludge is particularly easy to apply—and likely to be effective—for people who are trying to use technology less.
January 08th, 2018
Ask a Behavioral Scientist: Nir Eyal on how the “Regret Test” Makes for Good Ethics and Good Business
Tech makers should abandon Google’s vague motto, “Don’t be evil”—it’s too vague.
December 27th, 2017
Most Popular Articles of 2017
From machine learning to mindfulness, Supreme Court decisions to new research on the time versus money trade-off, we hope you find our most popular articles of the year as compelling and useful as others have.
