The Troubling State of Behavioral Economics

The Troubling State of Behavioral Economics

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The goal of behavioral economics is to explain “why people behave the way they do in the real world” through a multidisciplinary approach that combines economics and psychology into a singular discipline. Although behavioral economics was born from a noble ambition—to better explain real-world decision-making by integrating psychology into economic models—it has largely failed to … The post The Troubling State of Behavioral Economics appeared first on Independent Institute.

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Voter ID and Paper Ballots Don’t Prevent Cheating

Voter ID and Paper Ballots Don’t Prevent Cheating

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Voter ID and Paper Ballots are a great first step for preventing voting fraud. But they aren’t nearly enough. What happens when the paper ballots are submitted? How are they counted – by humans or by machines? How can we be sure that what’s counted matches what’s on the paper ballots? How are the totals counted at each voting location, forwarded to a central place and totaled? These are each opportunities for massive fraud to take place – […]

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How To Fix California's Self-Inflicted Homeowner's Insurance Crisis

How To Fix California’s Self-Inflicted Homeowner’s Insurance Crisis

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According to a recent news story, California’s raging home insurance woes are a result of climate change. That’s certainly true if the climate we’re talking about is the state’s regulatory climate. Like many of California’s problems, the insurance crisis is a self-inflicted wound—in this case, one suffered when residents and regulators turned a once-competitive market for insurance into a command economy in which insurers are increasingly unwilling to operate. Fortunately, the market for home insurance can be improved […]

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⁠Os versos que um dia te escrevi, ficou no papel r... Janayne Oliveira Sampaio

⁠Os versos que um dia te escrevi, ficou no papel r… Janayne Oliveira Sampaio

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⁠Os versos que um dia te escrevi, ficou no papel rabiscado. Não tive a coragem de enviar, porque no fundo eu sabia, que não ia ter significado. Escrevi entre as linhas, declarações e sentimento. Mas no mesmo instante vinha meu arrependimento.  E pensando de tal forma, que decidi recuar, o tal do amor, é para quem sabe lidar… Daqui para frente, vou escrever relatos apenas dos outros, contar as lindas histórias de amores loucos. Sei que no papel […]

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Trump Declares the 'Neocon' Era Over

Trump Declares the ‘Neocon’ Era Over

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President Donald Trump has a vision of a “great transformation” in the Middle East. But it’s not the transformation that American leaders have talked about bringing at gunpoint. At his Tuesday speech at a U.S.-Saudi investment summit in Riyadh, the president denounced the failures of “interventionists” and promised a future “where people of different nations, religions, and creeds are building cities together, not bombing each other out of existence.” Those words came with action. In his speech, Trump […]

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