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How Consumers’ Moods Drive Decisions
The Atlantic: In April this year, scientists from Georgia Tech and Yahoo Labs reported that something strange was manipulating online restaurant reviews. It wasn’t hackers. It wasn’t software bugs. It was rain, snow, and sunshine. After looking
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Many young people are not in a position to splurge
Marketplace: The recession deprived many young people of a launching pad into career jobs and financial adulthood. And that means they also aren’t launching into some of the major investments that have traditionally been part
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You Can Buy Happiness, If It’s An Experience
NPR: We humans spend a lot of time waiting in lines: People queue up for days in order to get their hands on the latest iPhone, or what feels like eons for a table at
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Why Waiting Actually Makes You Happy
TIME: Want to know the secret to happiness? Wait for it. No, really. Wait for it. As long as the “it” is an experience, according to a series of new studies published in the journal Psychological Science. We
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Experiences make you happier than ‘stuff,’ even before you buy
The Washington Post: Money can only buy you happiness if you spend it right. Previous research has shown that people value “experiences” like vacations and fancy meals more than they value material goods like cars and clothes.
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Tooth Fairy feels the pinch after overspending
USA Today: The Tooth Fairy is holding her purse strings a bit tighter. She left 8% less this year – or an average of $3.40 for every lost tooth she finds under a pillow –
