So what *are* the interventions that have transformative & lasting effects? My move to Department of Economics, Stockholm University was a good opportunity to think about this. My answer is that it's hard to beat the returns to int'l migration. I mean, look at these numbers from Michael Clemens, David McKenzie et al.!

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Monitoring for Waste: Evidence from Medicare Audits,” by Maggie Shi (Maggie Shi): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…

At today’s #DisagreeBetter roundtable, Boston Consulting Group’s Julia Dhar is leading a discussion on "Teaching Youth about Healthy Conflict" with Kimberly Willingham (Boston Debate League), Jeffrey Rosen (National Constitution Center) & Norman Ornstein (American Enterprise Institute). nga.org/disagree-bette…

Your weekend read, from the archive: The Divide Between Political Parties Feels Big. Fortunately, It’s Smaller Than We Think: behavioralscientist.org/the-divide-bet…

What a beautiful and thoughtful guide to the art of saying what you must, when you really don’t want to, from Coach K.

Who wants to study the neural basis of this?

.Boston Consulting Group’s Julia Dhar led a panel at the Colorado #DisagreeBetter roundtable on "Teaching Youth about Healthy Conflict." Learn more and watch the discussion at: nga.org/news/commentar…

Our new paper that offers a meta-analytic cognitive framework of nudge and sludge is published! The framework is organized along 3 dimensions: nudge vs. sludge, beneficial vs. harmful, and 6 cognitive processes. This is co-led by Yu Luo, Andrew Li, and Dilip Soman 🇨🇦

Research bat signal help request for my #behsci, #econ and #management research friends: what is the best paper on creating and sustaining cultures of accountability in firms? Profound examples welcome too! 🙏

Want to measure behaviors? Then measure behaviors! The funeral march of questionnaires, in leadership, management, psychology, wherever! In a solemn pace of a funeral procession, questionnaires are now in a coffin and being walked to the cemetery. doi.org/10.1016/j.leaq…

Ken Langone: “The two most powerful things in existence: a kind word and a thoughtful gesture. “ Kind word, thoughtful gesture/KWTG. What will your KWTG score be tomorrow? PLEASE … be serious about this.

Here’s one brilliant way to signal open-mindedness (when you really don’t want your existing beliefs challenged) from Paul Graham! 🧠 Admit you’re not thrilled about the info bobbing across your field of vision, and acknowledge it’s even more important to attend to this new intel.

1/ Totally agree with this. I think there is a strange prejudice in economics that studying sports, movies, game shows etc is not “serious” The truth is that as Ignacio explains, they often provide unusual control and diagnosticity.

Airbnb has a blueprint of their entire customer journey on their office walls. They then map all product, policy, and service updates to it. More companies should do this to avoid shipping the org chart.

Discussed #AI's social impact potential with Vilas Dhar, Chairperson, @PJMFnd and Satwik Mishra, VP, World Economic Forum Centre for Trustworthy Technology. Their enthusiasm for India’s Technology Policy advancements and potential to make an impact globally was invigorating. Huge impact can be

Why do so many predictions fail? Including smart people's predictions about what will happen in 2024? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Novices seek praise. Recognizing strengths builds confidence to keep going. Experts crave criticism. Seeing shortcomings reveals avenues to keep growing. Preferring corrections to compliments is a sign of skill. The better you get, the more determined you become to get better.

An incredibly important new issue brief from @WhiteHouseCEA on how to value future benefits versus near-term costs. Many parallels and applications for large companies, collective decision-making. Cass Sunstein

It's not enough to have a firm grasp of the industry you're building in. If your product doesn’t speak to core human impulses, it probably won’t scale. Here's why builders need to have a strong theory of  human nature:

Values-based AI governance starts in the boardroom. In our latest for @Financial Times, Julia Dhar and I urge executives and d to take direct oversight of how AI is being implemented. Read the full piece: money-media.com/images/reprint… Patrick J McGovern Foundation