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Behavioral Economics in the Push for Vaccination in Sub-Saharan Africa
Hello all! I hope your year is going well so far. After doing some more reading on current events I found a couple ongoing strategies that seemed pretty interesting to me. On the topic of vaccines, this article will be diving into the push for vaccination in Sub-Saharan Africa. Hope you enjoy! The World Health…
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“A Beautiful Mind”: A Cinematic Journey and its Economic Legacy
Hi all, I haven’t been posting as frequently as I liked during the school year due to the workload. However, after watching A Beautiful Mind, an American Biographical film about the inventor of Game Theory, John Nash, it felt right to share my thoughts as well as a brief summary on this movie. “A Beautiful…
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Why microtargeting isn’t as effective as you may think
Hello all! I hope that your month has been going well. Year’s almost over! With that in mind, I have an interesting article for you guys today about microtargeting, and how effective it being “micro” actually is. As of now, microtargeting has been seen as a robust strategy in convincing the minority. Increasingly, political institutions…
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Behavioral Economics and Smoking Cessation in Japan
Hello all. I hope all is well with you. Today I will be talking about some BE initiatives in Japan and how they have aided in the smoking cessation. Hope you enjoy! Japan’s anti-smoking campaign of 2023 addressed the hardwired habit of nicotine addiction in its “most smoked-in country” population, using principles from the field…
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Game Theory: Rationalizing Irrational Decisions
Hello all! I hope everything is going good. Last week I had to do some reading for research and I stumbled upon this really interesting MIT article about Game Theory. I hope you enjoy! Using “prisoner’s dilemma” and many variations on it as his basic model, MIT Professor Erez Yoeli teases out, in every situation,…
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Nudge Theory is/has been making a name for itself in the medical world
Hello all. I know that most of my articles have been centered around this idea of Nudge Theory, so I thought I should spend an article talking about Nudge Theory and its impacts thusfar in public health. Hope you enjoy! Behavioral economics has made a name for itself over the past few decades. It has…
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AI Voice Coach: A Promising Approach in Depression and Anxiety Treatment
Hello all! Here’s another interesting article, this time about AI and its assistance in depression treatment. Hope you enjoy! Mental health disorders, notably anxiety and depression, impact tens of millions of people all over the world. They are incredibly common. And while many individuals benefit from the traditional therapies and medications that have been around…
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Tech Titans consider putting AI on a leash
Hello all. I read an interesting article on the Economist about how large companies are reacting to the institutionalization of AI, this is a shorter summary on the article. Hope you enjoy! In the past few years, the artificial intelligence transformation has begun—and its vast potential to revolutionize a range of industries is mostly realized…
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Behavioral Economics and Online Consumer Protection in Europe
Hello all! I hope your month is going well. Today I will be talking about an interesting BE strategy. Specifically, how it is being used for bolstering online consumer protection in Europe. Hope you enjoy! In 2023, the European Union took a huge step—perhaps the biggest step taken by any region in the world—toward providing…
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The EU’s Carbon Pricing Strategy and Behavioral Economics
Hello all! This is my first post (pretty exciting!) so I hope it doesn’t end up being catastrophic. I thought that I would start with something I found interesting that I read in the Economist, how the EU is using “behavioral economics” concepts for carbon pricing initiatives. I found this to be cool so I…
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