Data Analytics

The Specifics of Sleep

Using statistics to understand sleep better

Policy

Will Doctors Work Less Under “Obamacare”?

The effect of lower reimbursements on the medical workforce

Healthcare

How Poverty Damages Health

Anti-poverty programs boost recipients’ well-being

Our Special Issue on Healthcare

From the editor

Healthcare

A Patient, Not a Person

Medicine’s bad habit of dehumanizing patients

Economics

Which Plane Lands Last?

The tricky science of weather delays and airport landing slots

Policy

The Impending Pension Problem

Pension liabilities are a massive hidden debt

Leadership

What Constitutes Torture?

Perceptions change based on personal experience

Marketing

Goes Together Like Guilt and Pleasure

Guilty pleasures may be the best kind

Policy

A Strategy for Peace

How world leaders should react to provocateurs

Politics & Elections

The Oprah Effect

Celebrity endorsement of political candidates can make a difference at the polls.

Marketing

Buy Bigger, Feel More Powerful

Compensating for powerlessness through purchases

Networking to the Top

Social connectedness could explain wealth inequalities

Finance & Accounting

The Trouble with VPIN

New economic indicator fails to live up to its promises

Marketing

Answering Unasked Questions

Identifying bias in consumer surveys and compensating for it

Healthcare

Patients, Pricing, and Prescription Drugs

Maximizing social benefit from the Medicaid drug program

Policy

Making Up Our Minds

When are people individuals and when are they part of a group?

Strategy

Shipping's Bottom Line

How shipping charges influence online auction revenue

Marketing

Steady As She Goes

Stable prices keep customers happy

Operations

The Trick to Turn-and-Earn

Why the allocation mechanism smoothes demand fluctuations