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Sadness And Shopping Are A Bad Mix On Black Friday
Forbes: If Thanksgiving left you sad you may want to consider leaving your credit cards at home before you hit the stores for Black Friday. When it comes to keeping long-term financial consequences in mind Visit Page
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An Indirect Damage of Terror Attacks: Higher Traffic Fatalities
The Atlantic: On Friday, convicted terrorist Adis Medunjanin was sentenced to life in prison for plotting an attack on the New York City subway system several years back. Public transit has been the target of Visit Page
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Social science takes spotlight bow in election
USA Today: Polls, and pollsters, took a star turn on this year’s election night, calling the presidential election days ahead of the outcome. Pundits and politicos look a little less bright, on the other hand Visit Page
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“The signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — But Some Don’t” by Nate Silver
The Washington Post: Nate Silver is best known as a statistician and election analyst (psephologist) who correctly predicted the winner in 49 of the 50 states during the 2008 presidential race and called all 50 Visit Page
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Academic ‘Dream Team’ Helped Obama’s Effort
The New York Times: Late last year Matthew Barzun, an official with the Obama campaign, called Craig Fox, a psychologist in Los Angeles, and invited him to a political planning meeting in Chicago, according to Visit Page
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I costi (finanziari) della tristezza (The financial costs of sadness)
Corriere Della Sera: La tristezza, come se non fosse sufficiente da sola, comporta anche una perdita monetaria. E non perché si cerca di curarla con sedute psicanalitiche (o almeno non solo), ma perché i momenti Visit Page
