What ultimately matters is not labeling people as rational or irrational, but being explicit about which conception of rationality is at work—and why. That choice, in turn, shapes whether public ...

Wouldn’t it be convenient if the Internal Revenue Service didn’t need to fund tax collectors? What if a subtle nudge were all it took to make every taxpayer pay what they owe? For a brief moment about ...

It’s been 15 years since a particular concept of behavioral science went mainstream. “Nudge theory,” the notion that our behavior can be successfully influenced through “soft” interventions, has ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Police say an Oregon man hacked a contractor’s email and diverted more than $250,000 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Officials said the employee exchanged several expensive electronic devices, including ...