A revolutionary theory of how governments can get us to change our behaviour for our own good without interfering with freedom of choice is now 15 years old. Does it stand up? Nudge theory has had a ...
It is estimated that people make 35,000 decisions every day—or, to break that number down, one decision every two seconds. That’s not to say that each decision has a big impact; most are small and ...
University of Cambridge provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. At the end of last year (2021), there was lots of excitement about the first comprehensive analysis of past research on ...
Stuart Mills does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
When economists at the University of Toronto started to tell undergraduates in 2014 how many hours extra work they needed to put in to boost their grades, they hoped it would encourage the students to ...