Default deliberation and charity on your laptop
Cass Sunstein, in places like Republic.com (and Republic 2.0), has argued that healthy democracy requires healthy deliberation. The fractionalization of media outlets has made it easier (and cheaper)...
View ArticleAnother great place to collect loose change for charity
Denver’s program to fight homelessness through parking meters is an excellent nudge because it prompts people to consider donating their spare change at the precise moment when they are already using...
View ArticleCharity credit cards
Reader Marcello Piraino proposes a credit card cash back program where the cash goes to charity. Virtually every person in the western world uses either Bank Cards or Credit Cards (in many cases both)...
View ArticleAssorted links
1) Would you shop more in your hometown if it had a rewards program? 2) Why a proposed rookie wage scale emerges from the lessons of Thaler and Massey’s research on the NFL draft. 3) Why Swipegood...
View ArticlePanera’s pay-what-you-want cafe: How’s it doing after a year?
Well, it’s still open for starters. For every ten customers, Panera says six leave the amount suggested for each food item, two leave more, and two leave less, reports the Associated Press by way of...
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