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Capitalisn’t: Why capitalism needs democracy
Podcast hosts Luigi Zingales and Bethany McLean discuss how capitalism and democracy complement each other.
‘Mental money laundering’ lifts constraints on spending morally questionable income
Blurring the source of ill-gotten gains can mitigate the effects of mental accounting.
Don’t kill a company to collect a debt
Companies going through Chapter 11 restructuring are worth about twice as much when they are going concerns rather than liquidated.
When people are willing to wait
Liking an item more makes people more willing to wait for it.
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The downfall (and possible salvation) of expertise
Can experts win back the public’s trust?
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Would you trust a machine to pick a vaccine?
Machine learning is being tasked with an increasing number of important decisions. But the answers it generates involve a degree of uncertainty.
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In corporate responses to Black Lives Matter, commitment speaks volumes
In the midst of a social movement, it takes more than words to win public opinion.
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Debt still matters
When the government borrows, someone—eventually—will have to pay it back.
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A daily measure of people’s potential exposure to COVID-19
A pair of indexes provide a daily look at Americans’ movement patterns amid the COVID-19 pandemic’s spread.
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Could easier credit speed the adoption of energy efficiency?
For some, increased adoption of beneficial technologies is less about persuasion than access.