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When work can give you that Friday Feeling…
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Money doesn’t always buy happiness.
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Which of these pictures best reflects your job?
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Love, status, money, or morals?
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Better (and more) Social Bonuses
Over the last few years, many individuals (myself included) have been feeling tremendous anger about the level of executive compensation in the US, an anger that is particularly strong against those in the financial sector. As you can see in the chart…
Why we care? The Gulf & the Amazon
There are a few topics that Mother Teresa and Joseph Stalin agreed on, other than the cause for human apathy. So I suspect that both would be surprised – as I am — about the reaction to the BP oil spill. If…
A talk I gave at PopTech
How are bonuses influencing performance? Often people expect that higher bonuses will yield higher level of ability and performance — but do they? Here is a talk I gave on this topic (see also Chapter 1 in “The Upside of Irrationality”)
How to commit the perfect crime
There is a certain perverse pleasure in contemplating the perfect crime. You can apply your ingenuity to the hypothetical issues of choosing a target, evading surveillance and law enforcement, dealing with contingencies and covering your tracks afterward. You can prove to yourself…
Why Businesses Don’t Experiment
A few years ago, a marketing team from a major consumer goods company came to my lab eager to test some new pricing mechanisms using principles of behavioral economics. We decided to start by testing the allure of “free,” a subject my…