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Jane L. Risen says to fess up and skip the cover-up
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Why the ‘dollars a day’ pitch works
Framing a cost as a series of small daily expenses makes an offer more tempting.
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Behavioral economics from nuts to ‘nudges’
A bowl of cashews led to a research breakthrough.