Distributed energy systems are transforming the way power is produced and distributed. The decentralized model of power generation, where energy is produced closer to where it will be used, rather ...

Sofia Dumery, MID ’98, head of design at toy company Melissa & Doug, discusses her unique path, making a space for yourself in design, and mentoring a young Pratt alum. Action oriented—that’s how ...

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In a brand new 2015 edition of the free Behavioral Economics Guide, which I edited and published today, Dan Ariely, the bestselling author of Predictably Irrational, illustrates the lessons from ...

Two Americans, Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley, have won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics. Their research on market design has found many practical applications. It's at the heart of the system used to ...

One hundred years ago, bad decision making accounted for less than ten percent of human deaths. Nowadays, it represents a little over 44%. What has changed? Behavioral economist, Dan Ariely, offered ...

The authors describe several simple changes that health plans can make in the design of pay-for-performance programs that may improve their effectiveness. Objectives: To describe improvements in the ...

A roundup of economic news from around the Web. -- Economic DesignBrad DeLongsays that economies are designed. "This history is worth reviewing because America is poised for another debate over ...

Parliament has replaced MGNREGA with a new bill, the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025. While the name has changed, the core economic design of linking public ...