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The White House Budget: Does It Distort The Science of Choice?
President Obama’s budget proposal released this week has turned the arcane term “chained CPI” into a controversial buzz phrase. This new calculation for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) assumes that as prices rise, consumers will
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Fruit, Not Fries: Lunchroom Makeovers Nudge Kids Toward Better Choices
NPR: Gone are the days of serving up tater tots and French toast sticks to students. Here are the days of carrot sticks and quinoa. New nutritional guidelines, announced in 2012, require public school lunchrooms
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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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Following Your Bliss, Right Off the Cliff
The New York Times: So you want to be a writer. Or an artist. Or to open a cupcake shop. What you’ll hear, often, is that you should pursue your dream. Follow your passion. Quit
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La tristezza ci “costa” davvero: si è meno prudenti economicamente (Financial costs of sadness)
la Repubblica: “SADDER but wiser” (“Più triste ma più prudente”) diceva due secoli fa il filosofo inglese Samuel T. Coleridge, sostenendo l’idea che la tristezza proteggesse l’uomo dalle scelte sconvenienti. Il detto viene oggi smentito
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The Mind of the Climate Change Skeptic
A multitude of environmental scientists, among others, worry that future generations will look back at the present era as one in which the human race could have — and should have —taken decisive action to