Government

When Expectations Fail, Keep Testing

By Toby Blume and Peter John

Even when policymakers look to past evidence, it’s no guarantee of success.

Democracy From the Sidelines: How U.S. Politics Became a Spectator Sport

By Evan Nesterak

The framers of the U.S. Constitution envisioned that political power would favor states and municipalities. Why is the reality so profoundly different?

Call for Articles: “Nudge Turns 10” – A Special Issue on Behavioral Science in Public Policy

By Editorial Board

It’s been 10 years since Thaler and Sunstein published “Nudge”—the right time, we think, for a look back at how far we’ve come, and where we could go.

How to Increase (and Sustain) Political Engagement

By Brett Major

How can we sustain political engagement over a lifetime?

Lessons from Building a Behavioral Science Initiative in City Government

By Syon Bhanot, Anjali Chainani, and Yuan Huang

Here are eight lessons we learned from building a behavioral science initiative in Philadelphia’s city government.

The Tax Bill Avoids this Planning Fallacy (for Now)

By Maura Farver

The congressional tax overhaul avoids a common behavioral mistake that would have increased revenue in the short term at the expense of future tax revenue.