The Fine Line Between Shared and Manipulated Medical Decisions

Byadmin November 7, 2011

See some coverage in Forbes on a debate I participated in at a recent meeting, discussing when decisions are really decisions and when nudges are really shoves.
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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health Care Cost | Health Policy

Your Risk Of Prostate Cancer Just Dropped Precipitously. Here's Why
Byadmin March 1, 2019

Most men diagnosed with prostate cancer don’t die of the disease. Between 2011 and 2015, 112.6 per 100,000 men per year were diagnosed with prostate cancer in the U.S., but only 19.5 per 100,000 men per year died of the disease over that same period of time. That is still far too many deaths. But the…

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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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Incentive to Stop Smoking?
Byadmin April 9, 2015

In the United States, the FDA tried to mandate that cigarette companies put nasty images of the harms of smoking onto cigarette packages, images that would take up at least half of the carton. It looks like that effort has failed, because the courts have determined that it violates the First Amendment. I wonder what…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy

What Causes Couch Potatoes To Eat So Many Potato Chips?
Byadmin January 21, 2015

Do you eat when you’re bored? So do I. Then again, I eat when I’m not bored, too. So the real question is: do we all eat more when we’re bored than, say, when we’re highly entertained? The answer, according to a clever study by Aner Tal and colleagues, is no. In fact, sometimes being…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy

Behavioral Economics and the Relativity Theory of Happiness
Byadmin September 25, 2014

According to many traditional economic theories of human nature, higher income should make people happier. That’s because with every additional dollar we make, we can purchase goods that increase our “utility.” Or we can save more money, and reduce anxiety about our financial future. But of course, once people have enough money to meet the…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Health & Well-being

Age and happiness
Byadmin December 20, 2010

As we get ready to turn the clocks on a new year, it is good to remember that for most of us, our happiness increases with age. See this recent news article which talks about some of my old, ahem, research on aging and happiness.

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The Fine Line Between Shared and Manipulated Medical Decisions

Your Risk Of Prostate Cancer Just Dropped Precipitously. Here's Why

Avoiding the “R” Word in Health Policy Debates

Incentive to Stop Smoking?

What Causes Couch Potatoes To Eat So Many Potato Chips?

Behavioral Economics and the Relativity Theory of Happiness

Age and happiness

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