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PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL: IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROSPECT THEORY
People are strange. We all make decisions that are difficult to explain, sometimes even baffling. In particular, we make baffling decisions about how we spend. Why do we gamble, knowing that the casino is always in the green? Why do we hardly ever cancel subscriptions, even the ones we don’t use, and when we do,…
BEING A CHEAPSKATE: IS IT JUST AN OBSESSION OR A PROFITABLE MINDSET?
Intertemporal choice is one of the foundational models in economic theory. It sets the human lifetime in just two periods – today and tomorrow – to evaluate how people make choices over time. Generally, an individual can prefer to save money today and spend more tomorrow, or borrow today and spend less tomorrow. Quite often,…
The Sausage That Started a War
History is full of grand causes for conflict: rival empires, contested borders, the clash of civilizations. And then there’s Zurich in the 16th century, where Catholics and Protestants found themselves squaring off over… a sausage. Yes, a plump, greasy, perfectly ordinary wurst managed to become the spark for sectarian strife. If it sounds ridiculous, that’s…
The Crime We Don’t See
We’re the good guys. That’s what we’ve always told ourselves. During fascism, “we weren’t like the Germans.” When it comes to the mafia, “we’re not like the Sicilians.” The myth of the good Italian has followed us for nearly a century. But every myth has its cost. Today, while the mafia evolves, infiltrates, and thrives,…
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