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Social Justice

The Nazi Interrogator Who Revealed the Value of Kindness

Thanks in part to the work of Hanns Scharff and a slew of studies on interrogation techniques, we know it's best to be genuinely friendly no matter who you're trying to get information out of.

Eric Horowitz

Education

If We Want Better Teachers, We Need Better Incentives

Teachers receive salary and pension benefits later in their careers, which works to the advantage of many, including the unions that lead them, but this rewards structure could be keeping lots of talented individuals out of the classrooms.

Eric Horowitz

Social Justice

What’s So Bad About Harm?

New research into evaluative simulation shows how we instinctively dislike certain actions deemed to be harmful regardless of their outcomes.

Eric Horowitz

Education

The Secret Cost of a Surveillance Society

Fear of the criminal justice system can lead to negative health, financial, and educational outcomes.

Eric Horowitz

News in Brief

Why We Keep Failing to Pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Startling new research suggests that conservative opposition to immigration reform may have nothing to do with what’s presented in any legislative bill, but rather how small differences in the way we think about multiculturalism can alter broad attitudes.

Eric Horowitz

Economics

The Psychological Need the Wealthy Can’t Fulfill

And why you can expect more off-color and out-of-touch commentary like Tom Perkins’ op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that warned of a “Progressive Kristallnacht.”

Eric Horowitz

Economics

The Psychological Case for Raising the Estate Tax

The way that we mentally account for the inheritance from a loved one might keep us from ever putting that money to work.

Eric Horowitz

Social Justice

A Nation of Amateurs

America is a place where the majority of athletic competitions go unseen, and the majority of athletes uncelebrated. What does it say about us that we continue to compete anyway?

Eric Horowitz

News in Brief

Independents Are the Hipsters of American Politics

What does identifying as an independent tell us about how somebody will vote? As it turns out, not much. Research suggests this is a (surprisingly large) group that’s focused more on image than policy.

Eric Horowitz