If You Read Arabic

Byadmin January 25, 2011

You might be interested in some coverage my research team got in Qatar, for our study on oncology decision making. (Link) Maybe one of you can translate it for me?

Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Miscellaneous

Scientocracy: Policy making that reflects human nature
Byadmin January 26, 2009

The key to good policymaking is to understand human nature. Want to increase how much money people save? You better know what they will do if you change the tax code. Want to reduce the threat of terrorism? All the security in the world won’t suffice if you don’t, at the same time, find ways…

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Health Policy | Miscellaneous

What are health insurance companies good for?
Byadmin March 1, 2010

They take our money, and hand it over to hospitals and doctors, while keeping a good portion for themselves. What a waste, huh? Well, yes and no. To see a really illuminating discussion of health insurance companies, and what they really do, see this blog http://michaelbrownmd.blogspot.com/2010/02/health-insurance-does-not-earn-its.html by Michael Brown– the Chief Information Officer at Harvard…

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The Secrets of Creativity?
Byadmin May 17, 2012

The best thing about bad art is that it makes fodder for great reviews. Take the opening line of Mina Strohminger’s review of Colin McGee’s “The Meaning of Disgust”: “In disgust research,” she writes in The Journal of Aesthetics and Critical Art, “there is shit, and then there is bullshit.”
Guess which category she thinks McGee’s book falls under?
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Why I'm Bananas Over The Fish That Ate the Whale
Byadmin September 10, 2013

Recently I had the pleasure of reading Rich Cohen’s wonderful book: The Fish That Ate the Whale – the Life and Times of America’s Banana King. The book tells the story of Samuel Zemurray, a true rags to riches story, a man who started by spending his entire life savings – all $150 – to…

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A Vivid Picture of Timbuktu, in Words
Byadmin October 11, 2013

In the New Yorker this July, Jon Lee Anderson wrote a fascinating article about Timbuktu, where Al Qaeda is working to become a legitimate political power. A scary story. But a beautifully written one. Take this paragraph when he introduces readers to the city in question: Timbuktu is a small, unlovely city in shades of…

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Broken Democracy
Byadmin January 31, 2014

Until recently, the state of North Carolina, where I live, was a bastion of political moderation, especially compared to our neighbors in the southeast. Our politics were moderate in part because the Democratic Party remained relatively strong in the state, and to survive in this region of the country had embraced center left, rather than…

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If You Read Arabic

Scientocracy: Policy making that reflects human nature

What are health insurance companies good for?

The Secrets of Creativity?

Why I'm Bananas Over The Fish That Ate the Whale

A Vivid Picture of Timbuktu, in Words

Broken Democracy

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