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Trump Supporters Left Stranded At Freezing Omaha Airport | Iowa Starting Line
A logistical disaster unfolded in Omaha both before and after Donald Trump's rally here.
Ep. 25 Conversation with Camerer (part 2) - Questioning Behaviour
In this episode, we bring you the second half of our conversation with Colin Camerer! Sarah and Merle discover the 3 behavioural topics that have captured Colin's imagination, so much so, he tells us he won't be working on anything else! Finding...
Ep 12. Closing the Gap (ft. Kelly Peters)
Sarah Bowen and Merle van den Akker interview Kelly Peters about the gap between behavioural science in academia and business.
Kelly Peters is the CEO and co-founder of BEWorks, a company dedicated to bringing the world of business into an age of...
Trump to women at Michigan rally: 'We're getting your husbands back to work'
President Trump told women voters he was "getting your husbands back to work." Women are being hit hard by a 'female recession' amid the pandemic.
Why So Many Esports Pros Come From South Korea
If there’s a competitive mode, you'll find Korean players at the top of the charts. But the reasons have less to do with esports and more to do with culture and class.
Rallies Are the Core of Trump’s Campaign, and a Font of Lies and Misinformation
A recent rally in Wisconsin was typical. In 90 minutes, President Trump made 131 false or inaccurate statements.
A University Endowment Got Sued for Lagging the S&P 500. Now, It’s Fighting Back.
A major donor claims that the University of Colorado’s “abysmal” and “fee-laden” active strategy has cost $1 billion.
The Mystery of the Immaculate Concussion
He was a senior CIA official tasked with getting tough on Russia. Then one night in Moscow, Marc Polymeropoulos's life changed forever. He says he was hit with a mysterious weapon, joining dozens of American diplomats and spies who believe they’ve...
［ウェビナー］ナッジとは？ ノーベル賞セイラー教授の行動経済学 11月19日夜8時 元世界銀行の行動経済学者、田中知美氏が解説
経営や経済の先端理論を学べるウェビナー。今回は、「ナッジ理論」などの行動経済学への貢献を評価されて2017年のノーベル経済学賞を受賞したリチャード・セイラー教授の考え方を、セイラー教授のまな弟子の行動経済学者である田中知美氏が解説する
Imperative Messages From The World Food Programme’s Nobel Peace Prize: Remembering Frank Shefrin’s Role
The Nobel prize committee sent the world a series of imperative messages last Friday when it announced that the United Nations’ World Food Programme (UN’s WFP) will be the recipient of the 2020 Nobel Peace prize.
Colin Camerer
"Frank Shefrin recognized, and explained in the 60s when I was studying economics, was that for a program of this kind to succeed it had to be feasible along 3 dimensions: political, economic, and social"
-- #BehavioralEconomics pioneer @HershShefrin
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River in disequilibrium: How engineering attempts to ‘tame the Kosi’ have only added to human misery
An ‘embankment mafia’ of technocrats, politicians and contractors ensures that alternative measures are not discussed seriously.
How to Vaccinate and Continue Clinical Trials - Marginal REVOLUTION
According to Helen Branswell writing at STAT: There are serious signs the Food and Drug Administration is getting cold feet over the notion of issuing emergency use authorizations to allow for the widespread early deployment of Covid-19 vaccines....
ArielOrtizBobea/spec_chart
Generate a specification chart in base R (with reproducible example) - ArielOrtizBobea/spec_chart
Column One: She's pregnant, she has COVID-19, and she can't breathe
Very little is known about the impact of COVID-19 on women and the babies they carry.
How the waters off Catalina became a DDT dumping ground
A new generation of scientists have uncovered barrels containing DDT, a toxic pesticide banned decades ago, dumped into the deep ocean.
A Good Debate, and It’s Not Quite Over
Biden has a formidable lead, but not a flawless campaign. And a few signs point in Trump’s direction.
Italy SpA offers an object lesson in corporate decline
How the leopard lost its spots
Manhattan's Mission Chinese Was Reportedly a Brutal, Racist Place to Work
Under the best circumstances, working at a restaurant is physically grueling, at times surreally fast-paced, and at others completely dead, giving one plenty of time to wonder how to make rent and tuition on $2 an hour after a shift of no customers,...
Colin Camerer
Abusive chef perpetuates cycle: “I came up in kitchens where I was just used to stuff being thrown at me. Like I said, maybe they were just too sensitive about it.”
jezebel.com/manhattans-mis… via @jezebel
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With hospitals full of COVID-19 patients, Idaho board repeals mask mandate
"Something's making these people sick, and I'm pretty sure that it's not coronavirus," board member Allen Banks told medical professionals who testified. "So the question that you should be asking is, 'What's making them sick?'"
PERSISTENT PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR: TWO INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS 350 YEARS APART
Outbreaks of infectious diseases bring behavior and policy responses into sharp focus since societies face acute constraints and uncertainties. This paper compares two infectious disease outbreaks: t...