Behavioral Economics and Predicting the Future of Social Media

Lately, I have been reading a book on behavioral economics called Predictably Irrational and I have been noticing quite a few articles and blog posts analyzing the future of social media.

Behavioral economics is a bit of a buzz phrase right now but I don’t think that diminishes the strength in the lessons we can learn [...]

March 24th, 2008 | Category: economics, social media | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Why Do We Still Use Checks?

Why are we still using paper checks in 2008, in this country?! Almost everyone has a bank account and most banks provide online banking. So, it seems like a natural option to be able to pay funds online to anyone else that banks online.

Sure, I can pay my bills online. But even that means in [...]

March 17th, 2008 | Category: economics, ideas | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)