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Conservatism and Product Purchase
The Huffington Post: When you meet new people, there are a few things you can find out about them that seem to say a lot about them. The music people listen to, for example, seems
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The Price Is Right, but Confusing
Scientific American: You’re in the supermarket picking a breakfast cereal. Will it be cinnamon raisin or oats ‘n honey? Hard to decide? What if I told you they both cost the same, would that make
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After You Read the Listings, Your Agent Reads You
The New York Times: Every saleswoman will tell you that the customer is always transparent. Maybe not entirely, completely, but compared with the poker face a buyer thinks that he or she is wearing, there
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Living With Less. A Lot Less.
The New York Times: I LIVE in a 420-square-foot studio. I sleep in a bed that folds down from the wall. I have six dress shirts. I have 10 shallow bowls that I use for
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Conservatives and liberals drink different beer
Salon: It was probably inevitable, but it’s striking nonetheless. In a new study published in the journal Psychological Science, Vishal Singh of New York University’s Stern School of Business and his colleagues apply an ever-growing body
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Why Consumers Just Don’t Feel the Love for Valentine’s Day
TIME: Valentine’s Day is a pale, pink shadow of its former self. Once associated with throbbing red passion and romance, today it’s more likely to elicit a sense of obligation, dread or apathy. The annual
