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Or does it? Whatever financial benefit you might derive from such a deal, the real joy from the dinner will be very low because each bite you take reminds you how much you are spending. This might be a good dieting approach, but not a way to enjoy spending your...

Author: By Dan Ariely | Title: Irrational Economic Policies | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

Still, people are concerned about making these things freely available. I think there are some rational concerns, and I think they're about the message we send to people about the best ways to deal with their problems. If you take a painkiller, it's hard to ignore the cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prozac Over the Counter? | 5/26/2008 | See Source »

So if entrepreneurial leaders are not, by definition, big risk takers, just what is the relationship between a willingness to take risks and the long-term success of a business? There is a relationship, but it is not one you would expect. The evidence suggests that as entrepreneurial leaders become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Myth of the Fearless Entrepreneur | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

Although Greenspan’s analysis referred specifically to financial markets, it also restates a valuable historical lesson about politics: If we expect what is reasonable, we will be disappointed. At least in the financial world, models are more helpful, because despite the inexistence of a homo economicus, most people...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: The Uncertainty Principle | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

As a rule, presidential candidates not named Ross Perot don't propose fuel-tax hikes. Interestingly, though, to fight global warming, Clinton, McCain and Obama are all in favor of a carbon-cap-and-trade regimen, which would raise the price of fossil fuels just as surely as a direct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New President's Economy Problem | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

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