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[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

Would love to see this as a short book - hopefully it will find its way into undergraduate microeconomics courses as well!

[Cass Sunstein @CassSunstein]

Heuristics and Public Policy, in Studies in Microeconomics (ungated version available on https://t.co/Qj65u2EwuB; we plan to make this into a short book).
https://t.co/iWScV1DzHY

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

Interesting article exploring the #psychology of #quarantine #consumption by @chaykak

Is this an evolution of conspicuous consumption or an attempt to remain in control? Potentially both...

https://t.co/YA453XAQj7

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

For many, the #lockdown means more free time to play with - we should use this precious resource as an opportunity to do something meaningful for ourselves.

Check out our article discussing the #behaviouralscience behind setting and achieving #goals

https://t.co/C9oPlL7S8R

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

The UK's #SocialDistancing strategy has thus far been unsuccessful. Can insights from #BehavioralScience research help to improve it, while maintaining freedom of choice?

https://t.co/gSo4wAk8BU

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

To build a more just democracy, we must work not only to sustain this recent boost in turnout but also to focus explicitly on policies and interventions that enable underrepresented communities to participate

Great piece! @DanielJConnolly @behscientist

https://t.co/XvCFV6KVgq

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

Would be great to see @AldiUK achieve their #goal of making all packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. Hopefully this will encourage other supermarkets to follow suit!

https://t.co/XJwrhNg6wh

#choices #environment #green #shopping #sustainable

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

Love this #nudge by @CocaCola to encourage people to #recycle! Simple, slick and hopefully effective!

https://t.co/Hv0YhkgKYR

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

Loved this piece by @PeopleSci on how to make the most of travel using insights from #behavioural #science. My favourite tips were to create #peak moments and spend more on #experiences and less on things!

Look forward to more articles in this series

https://t.co/9NBMHyQdza

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

What a cool motion illusion!

[Lionel Page @page_eco]

This “rotating” building actually does not move.

A great example of the relative motion illusion, frequent in train stations.

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

Some strongly aversive messaging highlighting the threat that #obesity can have to your health and chances of developing life-threatening diseases.

#Health is #wealth!

#nudge #information #choices #behaviour #food

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

"The pursuit of happiness may be an inalienable right but the political rewards for increasing it are uncertain".

A very interesting piece by @TheEconomist that brings into question the effect of #happiness on #politics:

https://t.co/Cuk4KsbPdc

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

The inhibiting pressure of choice overload can be counter-balanced by the promoting pressure of having a candidate who is worth choosing....the only question is: is there a candidate who sets themselves apart from the field?

https://t.co/dutzy1KELn

#choice #Election2020

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

Reflect, Rest and Reset.

It's important to make sure a negative mood from one aspect of your life does not spill into others.

It takes only a short amount of time to change your perspective and experience the benefits of doing so:

https://t.co/aFXwtB1Agx

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

An economist and computer scientist combine to solve the paradox of #choice in the #dating market for university students. This delightfully light-hearted piece by @ZoeSchiffer is definitely worth a read:

https://t.co/iXpBVDyj1e

#behaviour #innovation #Algorithms

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

True #generosity is invisible to the material eye.

Taking the #time to #attend to the needs of others, without expectation of reciprocity, is generosity in its purest form.

https://t.co/Tov4wqzCGR

#behavior #choices #psychology #Science

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

People have a subconscious desire to #signal their #virtue. Even in private, people implicitly ask themselves, “If I were being observed, how good would I look?”

Was #morality born out of a desire to be seen as #trustworthy?

https://t.co/AV6glk5hdB

#behavior #psychology

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

Matthew Hickey discusses his #research into the Disposition Effect, applied to social trading platforms. Check out his interesting findings here:

https://t.co/ibkLwPzqXQ

#behavior #choices #decisions #trading #finance #TechnologyNews #social

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

The site has #relaunched with a #new #design and fresh content!

Please check it out: https://t.co/wp4ihavtrU

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Nudge theorist @CassSunstein tells @AnneMcElvoy on “The Economist asks” podcast that the left wing in America “is potentially destructive to many of its own goals” https://t.co/lR7Rh7R88e

[Choice Architect UK @choicearchuk]

My dad always told me to "never #ASSUME, it makes an ASS out of U and ME"...unfortunately in my fourth year studying economics at uni I am still feeling like a bit of an ass

#behavioural #joker #kidding