Building Trust to Face the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developing Countries
Developing countries have faced hard challenges in confronting coronavirus. Lacking trust in government could help explain why.
Government
How to Lock Down an Open Society
In order for governments to promote public health effectively, they must ensure their citizens abide by public health orders, without turning their open societies into police states.
#ChecksChecksChecks: Why We Need a Universal Basic Income Now
We need to act fast. Americans who rely on hourly wages and tips are already facing restrictions on their ability to earn an income.
Context Matters for Nudgers, Too: A Lesson from One of the Most Diverse Countries on Earth
Applying behavioral science in one of the most diverse countries in the world is not easy. But the work offers lessons for behavioral scientists everywhere.
To Fight Polarization, Ask, “How Does That Policy Work?”
When people discover that they don’t know as much as they thought they did, something interesting happens: their political attitudes become less extreme.
Why We Hate Taxes, and Why Some People Want Us To
Special interests in the U.S. want the tax process to be opaque and difficult. Is it any wonder Americans hate taxes?