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...what the hell" effect even crosses the Pacific. The researchers ran a similar test in China that yielded comparable results. They gave 150 housewives 100 yuan that they could either save or use to buy soap, shampoo, bedding and pots and pans. Half the women received the 100 yuan in a single bill, while the other half got it in the form of a 50-yuan bill, two 20-yuan notes and a 10-yuan bill. More than 90% of the women who received the smaller bills spent the money. Meanwhile, just 80% of the women given a single note...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Want to Save Money? Carry Around $100 Bills | 3/27/2009 | See Source »

...computers: it helps us avoid redundant tests, gather huge amounts of information for research, screen automatically for drug interactions - and spare others from having to decipher our illegible handwriting. I would be happy if every patient could give me a digital file of everything about him; it could really save time on first visits. But we must keep in mind that there will be a cost for computerizing patient records that could prove greater than the billions that would be spent setting it up. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wrong Prescription | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

...recently renegotiated an agreement with the United Auto Workers. How much is that going to save Ford? Catherine Desoe NEW YORK CITY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Alan Mulally | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

...Harvey's standards, A Woman a Man Walked By is kind of a lark. You can tell because she let frequent collaborator John Parish write the music (to her lyrics) and play all the instruments; when she's serious, Harvey handles everything save the shrink-wrap. Still, it's an excellent version of an underrated career in miniature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banshees | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

...when the President journeyed to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to rally his party's support for his agenda, he sought to make a counterargument to the rising chorus that wants him to scale back his ambitious plans to reform health care, energy and education even as he tries to save the economy and cut the deficit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Budget Fight Starts with His Own Party | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

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