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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A Truly Amazing Story of Living with ALS
Byadmin April 19, 2013

Here is a link to a story about a very good friend of mine, Scott Mackler, who I wrote about in my book You’re Stronger Than You Think. Scott was diagnosed with ALS almost 15 years ago. His first symptoms were when he lost grip of a tennis racket, playing against me. And I thought…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy

Nuance Nation
Byadmin January 25, 2009

On the Freakonomics blog recently, Ian Ayres reviewed my new book Free Market Madness, and singled out a story I tell there. Ian has written many books himself, so it isn’t surprising which story, of the many stories in my book, he discussed. He picked out a section near the end of the book, where…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health Policy

Avoiding the “R” Word in Health Policy Debates
Byadmin April 17, 2012

A couple of years ago I was invited to speak at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago, to discuss the morality of whether physicians should ration care from their patients.
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Is It Fair to Reward Medicaid Patients for Receiving Flu Shots?
Byadmin November 4, 2016

My son was underperforming at school, and I was gently encouraging him to try harder (if gesticulating like an over caffeinated Italian qualifies as gentle encouragement). He could not understand why I was upset: “Dad, most of my friends are doing drugs and engaging in unprotected sex. You should be rewarding me for being such…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health Policy

Behavioral Economic Interventions – It’s Not a Choice Between Nudges and Shoves
Byadmin September 17, 2019January 6, 2020

The field of behavioral economics has brought attention to promising ways of motivating people to make better life choices. Many behavioral economic-inspired interventions are relatively hands off — they nudge people to make wiser decisions without in any way restricting their choices. The idea of nudges was made justifiably popular by Cass Sunstein and Dick Thaler…

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More on the Social Psychology of Public Parks
Byadmin June 19, 2013

I recently posted on how public park builder, Robert Moses, used the psychology of sunk costs to get more money for his ambitious projects. Once those projects were complete, he also used social psychology to keep them clean. It had to do with the directions he gave to the people hired to clean up the…

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How Charlie Brown Prevents Traffic Accidents

A Truly Amazing Story of Living with ALS

Nuance Nation

Avoiding the “R” Word in Health Policy Debates

Is It Fair to Reward Medicaid Patients for Receiving Flu Shots?

Behavioral Economic Interventions – It’s Not a Choice Between Nudges and Shoves

More on the Social Psychology of Public Parks

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