Better (and more) Social Bonuses
Posted by filipino website designer in Life on 18. Aug, 2011 | 5 Comments
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 below, there is an incredible gap between CEO compensation in the US compared [...]
Upside of Irrationality: Chapter 5
Posted by filipino website designer in Life on 18. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
Here I discuss Chapter 5 from Upside of Irrationality, The Case for Revenge: What Makes Us Seek Justice?.
Classroom Ethics 101
Posted by filipino website designer in Life on 18. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
At the start of last semester, I asked my undergraduate students whether they had enough self-control to avoid using their computers during class for non-class related activities. So they promised that if they used their laptops, it would only be for course-related activities like taking notes. However, as the semester drew on, I noticed that [...]
The Economics of Sterilization
Posted by filipino website designer in Life on 18. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
When it comes to sterilization, Denmark has had a rather turbulent history. In 1929, in the midst of rising social concerns regarding an increase in sex crimes and general “degeneracy,” the Danish government passed legislation bordering on eugenics, requiring sterilization in some men and women. Between 1929 and 1967, while the legislation was active, approximately [...]
Amy Winehouse & responsibility
Posted by filipino website designer in Life on 18. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
The recent death of Amy Winehouse should make us pause and consider the question of personal and shared responsibility. Was she solely responsible for her tragic outcome? Or was it somewhat the fault of the people around her? How do we want to think about the state of mind of a drug addict? And what [...]
Honest Tea Declares Chicago Most Honest City, New York Least Honest
Posted by filipino website designer in Life on 18. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
From the Huffington Post: Would you still pay a dollar for Honest Tea if you could take it for free? On July 19, the company conducted an Honest Cities social experiment—it placed unmanned beverage kiosks in 12 American cities. There was a box for people to slip a dollar in, but there were no consequences if they did not [...]
Upside of Irrationality: Chapter 4
Posted by filipino website designer in Life on 18. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
Here I discuss Chapter 4 from Upside of Irrationality, The Not-Invented-Here Bias: Why “My” Ideas Are Better than “Yours”.
A quick study
Posted by filipino website designer in Life on 18. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
I just posted a fun new study (should take about 5 min). If you are willing to take it, please look on the right under “Participate” and press on the “Right Now. Take a quick anonymous survey” link. I will post the results in a few weeks Thanks in advance Dan
Teachers cheating and Incentives
Posted by filipino website designer in Life on 18. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
In recent years there seems to have been a surge in academic dishonesty across many high schools (a lot of it has been showing up in the last few weeks). No doubt this can be explained in part by 1) increased vigilance and reporting, 2) greater pressure on students to succeed, and 3) the communicable [...]
Upside of Irrationality: Chapter 3
Posted by filipino website designer in Life on 18. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
Here I discuss Chapter 3 from Upside of Irrationality, The IKEA Effect: Why We Overvalue What We Make.
