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Incentives Matter — 25 episodes
Breeding Cobras in the ER: How Healthcare Incentives Accidentally Pay for Sicker Patients
The Sociopathic Optimizer: Why Scrubbing Cognitive Bias Makes AI Worse
Don’t Tell Me What To Do: The Hidden Cognitive Cost of AI Advice
The GLP-1 Illusion: When Viral Anecdotes Meet Hard Behavioral Data
The Great Phone Ban Experiment: A Nudge or a Hammer?
The Doer vs. The Fed: Why Rate Hikes Make Us Think Inflation is Getting Worse
Haunted by HVAC: The 18-Hertz Nudge and the Science of Unseen Stress
The $18 Trillion Snooze Button: How Banks Profit from Our Inertia
The I-Frame Illusion: Why Nudging Your Trash Habits Misses the Bigger Picture
The Decumulation Dilemma: Why We Refuse to Buy Lifetime Income
Nudging the Nudges: Can We Prompt Users to Fix Their Own Digital Self-Control?
The Deadly Cost of Context Switching: What 300,000 Surgeries Tell Us About the Brain
The Danger of "It Depends": Why the Lukewarm Middle is Democracy's Biggest Threat
When Nudge Comes to Shove: The Godfathers of Behavioral Economics Turn Against Their Creation
Beyond the Nudge: Cracking the 20% Flu Shot Ceiling on the Healthcare Frontline
The AI Adoption Illusion: Why Firms Are Buying the Hype But Not the Tech
The Pass-Through Illusion: Why Voters Demand Bad Climate Policy
The End of the Nudge Era? Unpacking 'It's On You'
The Paradox of Warning Signals: Do We Actually Want to Know?
The Nudge That Backfired: When Digital Tracking Ruins Teamwork
The Hubris of Choice: Can We Actually Diagnose Bad Decisions?
The Giving Gulf: Why the Rich Are Doubling Down on Charity While Everyone Else Pulls Back
The Reminder Effect: Why Your Brain Needs a Nudge, Not a Bonus
The $528 Billion Gamble: Can Lotteries and Nudges Solve Medication Adherence?
The Lifespan in Your Swim: Can Your Fitbit Predict How Long You'll Live?