Feb 22, 2019
The word NUDGES is an acronym for the categories of nudging, and we are breaking those down episode by episode over the next six weeks to showcase different aspects of choice architecture and nudging. Today, we are starting with the N of nudges…which is for innnnnnncentives.
This episode will explain what iNcentives...
Feb 15, 2019
Nudges and choice architecture are complex and advanced topics. During my master's program, I had an entire course on choice architecture, so I'm going to break down this foundational topic into a series. Today's behavioral economics podcast is an introduction to nudges and choice architecture. In each episode, I’ll...
Feb 8, 2019
Today’s behavioral economics foundations episode is all about the optimism bias. I hope you’ve got your rose colored glasses, because here we go! This is one of those topics that has a name that makes it seem like you MIGHT know what it is…but you potentially don’t know for sure…and you probably don’t...
Feb 1, 2019
I recently took a trip down to College Station, Texas to visit the Human Behavior Lab at Texas A&M University – which is (at the time of recording) the largest human behavior lab in the world. Today’s behavioral economics podcast gives you an inside look at what happens inside of a laboratory like this.
In this...