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- From taxes to golfJanuary 5
- From taxes to golf — many people cheat just by a little bit …. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP69vvz76f4 This video was produced by spark creative and Diamond consultants – thanks
- Bernard Madoff: a Financial Terrorist?December 25 2008
- This week we learned that former Nasdaq chairman Madoff likely swindled investors out of $50 billion – arguably the largest financial fraud ever. And thinking about the gravity of the scam, it occurred to me that Madoff’s scam could be compared in terms of its effects to terrorism. Here’s how: Consider that there was a time [...]
- Standard vs behavioral economics (so many mistakes)December 20 2008
- So many mistakes …. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36g-jqhTpXA
- Being poor for a few hoursDecember 15 2008
- Recently I had an interesting experience being poor. It wasn’t for too long but it was quite distressing and I learned how difficult this is. The story is as follows. I was out of the country for a month and during that time my car insurance expired. When I got back I called my insurance [...]
- Trying to diet and eating too much…December 10 2008
- Can it be that adding food make people believe they are eating less? A recent study by Brian Wansink and Pierre Chandon report that this can indeed be the case (this version of the study was done with John Tierney of the NYT) Half of the people were shown pictures of a meal consisting of an Applebee’s [...]