It’s not a scam. It also won’t make you fabulously wealthy. Initiative Q wants a stable private currency for payments processing rather than a vehicle for speculation.
Our revolving door prime ministers are the result of the politicians being too responsive to what we think, and there being too few of them.
A new study claiming to debunk this core part of behavioural economics suggests we really need a new and improved model for loss aversion.
Sin taxes won’t be enough to deal with the obesity epidemic, but innovation just might be.
Doomsaying about new technologies is as old as technology, and it’s a vital part of how we figure out when and where something should be used.
When we lust for riches, fear being left behind and identify strongly with some moral cause all at once, reason and willpower don’t really stand a chance.
Will you buy the new iPhone straight away?
Or do you buy your smartphone based on its cost-benefits? Either way Apple might be using your own psychology against you.
History shows us that narratives play an important role in market behaviour. But new research shows that all it takes is a simple story that matches our preconceived notions.
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