Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Miscellaneous

How Charlie Brown Prevents Traffic Accidents

Byadmin March 21, 2014

Check out this wonderful street art, that seconds as a behavioral intervention to reduce traffic speed:
picture of charlie brown street art optical illusion
Very cool!
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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy

How to Make People Interested in What You Have to Say
Byadmin August 13, 2014

In his book, To Save Everything, Click Here, Evgeny Morozov tells a story about a PR agent who was trying to create some buzz around a topic. No one seemed interested. And then the agent had an idea: “I dashed off a fake internal memo, printed it out, scanned it, and sent the file to…

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Miscellaneous

On Not Responding to Anonymous Comments
Byadmin March 22, 2013

One of the great pleasures of blogging is reaching new audiences and, better yet, interacting with new people. On the other hand, blogging also puts us bloggers into contact with unpleasant commenters. This unpleasantness has compelled me to establish some guidelines for my own on-line behavior. First, I strive always to blog, and to comment…

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Miscellaneous

Provocative Words on Robots
Byadmin June 23, 2014

Oscar Wilde is one of the most quotable people in history of the English language. He even had ideas about robots, many decades before people had any idea what robots could achieve. And in typical Wildean fashion, he provocatively tied it together with his attitudes on the advantages of slavery: “Unless there are slaves to…

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Health Care Cost

Is Prostate Cancer Screening Truly Harmful?
Byadmin May 25, 2012

Dr. Timothy Wilt, a member of the United States Preventive Services Task Force, stood in front of the American Urological Association audience and explained why the task force could not recommend that men undergo routine PSA screening. At most, he explained, the test had been shown to benefit one out of 1000 men.
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Miscellaneous

Why It Is Crucial to Practice Your Sense of Humor Now!
Byadmin December 16, 2013

In The Theory That Would Not Die, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne brings to life many famous scientists and statisticians, the one of the moments that struck me most was when she described one of those people as he faced his death. That person was Jerome Cornfield, a prominent statistician at the NIH. Cornfield had been diagnosed…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health Policy

So Many Medicare Plans That People Want to Stay Put!
Byadmin October 10, 2012

Republicans and Democrats agree that Medicare is in trouble – that if its costs keep rising faster than inflation, we will face insurmountable federal budget deficits. They also agree that the problem can be fixed. But that is where their agreement comes to an end, and where the Democrats hold a psychological advantage over Republicans……

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How Charlie Brown Prevents Traffic Accidents

How to Make People Interested in What You Have to Say

On Not Responding to Anonymous Comments

Provocative Words on Robots

Is Prostate Cancer Screening Truly Harmful?

Why It Is Crucial to Practice Your Sense of Humor Now!

So Many Medicare Plans That People Want to Stay Put!

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