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Scaling up Behavioral Interventions to Continually Changing Societies

March 21, 2019 by Research Department Leave a Comment

Scaling up behavioral interventions requires modifications to accommodate complex, ever changing societies

Thomas Prehn is a former head of MindLab, an innovation lab established by the Danish government in 2002 to spur creativity and cultural change within government ministries and improve their delivery of public services. Working in numerous policy areas, including education and employment, MindLab became a pioneer in its work both on specific projects and its efforts to make … [Read more...] about Scaling up Behavioral Interventions to Continually Changing Societies

Cass Sunstein on Misconceptions, Biases and How Latin America Can Harness Behavioral Economics

January 25, 2019 by Research Department Leave a Comment

Latin America could harness the power of behavioral economics by setting up behavioral insights teams

Cass Sunstein is a Harvard law professor, a former administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and one of the most prolific and admired legal scholars in the United States. He is also a leading light in the field of behavioral economics whose 2008 pioneering book Nudge, co-written with Nobel Prize laureate Richard Thaler, describes the many … [Read more...] about Cass Sunstein on Misconceptions, Biases and How Latin America Can Harness Behavioral Economics

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