Charles Duhigg wrote a fantastic article about habits and marketing for The New York Times Magazine based his book entitled Habit. You should read the whole thing, but below are some excerpts that are most relevant for marketing: Andrew Pole…
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How to demographically target marketing to achieve persuasion
Posted in Managerial Micro, Public Finance
How did the printing press revolutionize the world?
Writing changed the world by allowing one author to communicate with thousands of people. Even though only a few readers could read at the same time, a writing is a memory that can be preserved without corruption for decades and…
Posted in Development
Myth, religion, and fascism
Yuval Noah Harari is the author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. The basic thesis of the book is: The truly unique trait of Sapiens is our ability to create and believe fiction. All other animals use their communication system to describe…
Posted in Philosophy and ethics, Public Finance
Is the entire US healthcare system worthless?
Most Americans think that our healthcare system is worth spending a lot of money, but there is some research that indicates that it doesn’t make people healthier! For example, Ross Douthat criticized Republicans for not repealing Obamacare because he doesn’t…
Posted in Health
Great article about replacing GDP
David Leonhardt has a great new article about measuring economic progress. This graph shows the main problem with GDP. It has become completely divorced from the reality for 90% of Americans: By The New York Times | Source: Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel…
Posted in MELI & Econ Stats
How to avoid getting murdered by your coworkers
Homicide is the third leading cause of workplace death after vehicular accidents and falls according to the most recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Homicide is shown in the green bar below which also includes a small number…
Posted in Labor, Managerial Micro
How democracy dies
Hungry? Photo by James Lee Freedom House’s most recent survey of the state of democracy in the world says: Democracy faced its most serious crisis in decades in 2017 as its basic tenets—including guarantees of free and fair elections, the rights…
Posted in Pence2018, Public Finance
Medianism 