Student at Università Bocconi
While most countries have begun the process of vaccinating against coronavirus, the data about who is getting vaccinated- or more importantly, who isn’t – are troubling. First, those least vulnerable to COVID-19 are being vaccinated before the highly at-risk individuals who don’t make or don’t attend their vaccination appointments. Second, vaccination rates are substantially lower amongst ethnic […]
What is Happiness? For millennia, philosophers, moralists, and scholars have postulated and waxed poetic about happiness, its causes, and its true meaning. Achieving happiness is the ultimate goal for many, as evidenced by the thousands of best-selling self-help books, the hundreds of sold out self-improvement seminars across the world, and the dozens of millionaire life […]
Why cant people just follow the rules? A look at the biases behind irrational behaviour in the midst of a pandemic Over the past few decades, behavioural economics has exploded as a field of study, not only enriching basic economic models, but also yielding novel insights into the cognitive predispositions of humans. In fact, these […]
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