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Sadness And Shopping Are A Bad Mix On Black Friday
Forbes: If Thanksgiving left you sad you may want to consider leaving your credit cards at home before you hit the stores for Black Friday. When it comes to keeping long-term financial consequences in mind
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I costi (finanziari) della tristezza (The financial costs of sadness)
Corriere Della Sera: La tristezza, come se non fosse sufficiente da sola, comporta anche una perdita monetaria. E non perché si cerca di curarla con sedute psicanalitiche (o almeno non solo), ma perché i momenti
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Sadness Makes People Financially Shortsighted
LiveScience: New research suggests sadness might make people shortsighted when it comes to financial decisions, causing individuals to seek immediate gratification rather than waiting for bigger, future rewards. In the study, participants were assigned to
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Exploring the Financial Costs of Sadness
Your emotions can certainly impact your decisions, but you might be surprised by the extent to which your emotions affect your pocketbook. New research from psychological scientist Jennifer Lerner of the Harvard Kennedy School of
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Guilty Gift-Giving
The Washington Post: If it’s the thought that counts when giving gifts, why do so many of us get so stressed during the holidays? It’s because you often feel guilty for not giving more even
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A Simple Way to Get Conservatives to Support Higher Taxes on the Rich
Pacific Standard: It is a fundamental fault line of contemporary American politics: Republicans adamantly oppose higher taxes on the wealthy, while Democrats consider such taxes a moral and fiscal imperative. This disagreement plays a central