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Five insights from behavioural sciences to nudge and steer charitable giving

Behavioural economics is a hot topic these days and you’ve probably come across its application in a variety of everyday situations; from choice architecture prompting you to select healthier food in the canteen, to altered defaults which help you
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We have always been at war with Eastasia

It’s not quite clear what he meant by this. But if his statement is simply another (admittedly more eloquent)
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Why UK retailers miss out on Chinese New Year spending

A large contingent from the wealthiest and highest spending consumer group the world has ever known will be visiting Britain in their biggest numbers this week.
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J.P. Morgan makes a racquet in Grand Central

How J.P. Morgan helped bring squash into the limelight at Grand Central station.
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Trumpeting the new Power of Quiet

The antecedents of one of the Future Foundation’s favourite new trends, the Power of Quiet, are various and heavily intertwined, like the roots of a well-established plant that has just bloomed spectacularly after several years without flowers.
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What makes the Super Bowl so super?

I moved from Britain to the US 10 years ago. With the move came lots of new culture and also a new lexicon, as chips became fries, the tube became the subway and football became, well, football (no Brit would ever say soccer).
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