The elimination of student debt made headlines this year, but there was another less conspicuous change to the way millions of students pay for college that could have a big impact on college access and affordability.
In 2019, a harsh immigration policy deterred many immigrants from applying for the public assistance they needed. A revamped rule aims to right that wrong.
Take a moment to dive into the pieces your fellow behavioral science enthusiasts read most this year.
Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein recently decided to update “Nudge.” Why now and what’s new? They explain in their preface to the “final edition.”
Take a moment to dive into the pieces your fellow behavioral science enthusiasts read most this year.
Where there’s sludge, there’s an end user who’s come off worse. Understanding how to remedy sludge comes down in part to understanding the motives behind it.
Take a moment to dive into the pieces your fellow behavioral science enthusiasts read most this year.
Special interests in the U.S. want the tax process to be opaque and difficult. Is it any wonder Americans hate taxes?
Work requirements for anti-poverty programs don’t encourage work. Instead, their principal effect is stripping people of the benefits they rely on to survive.
Regulators are realizing the need to act as a type of “behavioral economics police” to protect consumers from a deluge of sludge.
