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Beware Stubby Glasses
The New York Times: If you want to deter crime, it seems that you’d want to lengthen prison sentences so that criminals would face steeper costs for breaking the law. In fact, a mountain of
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The Science Behind Persuading People
The Wall Street Journal: One of the most crucial skills to improving your career in the new year may be the ability to persuade people to see things your way. Social norms can play an
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What A Former FBI Hostage Negotiator Can Teach Us About The Fiscal Cliff
NPR: The tortuous negotiations involved in the “fiscal cliff” talks are like a chess game. To shed some light on the kinds of negotiation techniques that members of Congress might be using during the talks
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Many not making New Year’s resolutions
The Boston Globe: This year, Chifuku Kuwahara, an aspiring artist from Roxbury, is making a New Year’s resolution he knows he’s going to keep: He’s vowing to make no resolutions. “There’s this cultural idea that
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How to Be a Better Boss in 2013
The Wall Street Journal: The new year has arrived—and with it, the inevitable wave of self-improvement plans and resolutions. Along with pledging to lose weight or kick a coffee habit, why not resolve to be
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Small Price Differences Can Make Options Seem More Similar, Easing Our Buying Decisions
Some retailers, such as Apple’s iTunes, are known for using uniform pricing in an effort to simplify consumers’ choices and perhaps increase their tendency to make impulse purchases. But other stores, like supermarkets, often have