A cooking oil subsidy has given fraudsters in Malaysia both motive and opportunity
Technology can make a boring job even more boring and an interesting job even more interesting
Funding cuts could result in one million deaths in the next year
It’s not just tech’s algorithms that skew how we see the world
It’s time to ask whether behavioural science can tackle big problems
Smooth and successful processes are not interesting — but we neglect them at our peril
Stefanie Stantcheva’s economic survey of US citizens deserves the acclaim it has received
Strange things happen when people are backed into a corner
Accuracy is hard work and rewarded late. Its much easier to make a forecast seem entertaining
The tech tycoon is not the first to misunderstand what gross domestic product is meant to measure
People who fall for trick puzzles are more likely to fall for disinformation too
The economist’s genius was to take a problem that seemed boring and trivial, and show that it was neither
Half a century after Richard Easterlin founded the economics of wellbeing, the question remains unsettled
A writer sets out to uncover if true randomness exists in the universe
Our personalities are a less important predictor of our behaviour than we might think
When people are shown their failures, they don’t improve
Forewarned isn’t always forearmed. Is there a better way to consider the future?
The emergence of kidney exchanges is an intriguing development
But we can weather downturns better by controlling our own biases
A new starting point for economic analysis
Know thy neighbour, not thy trader
How I missed the boat on OpenAI, BrewDog and BT
Steve Baker believes he and LSE professor Paul Dolan have the answer to a persistent business problem
The chancellor could find new ways to raise money — or she could just broaden the tax base
Studying the way we stumble into cognitive traps could be key to understanding how to beat misinformation
