Tag Archives: framing

The impact of Obama’s middle name

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

There has been previous research that suggests that your name can affect how likely you are to be called for a job interview - a particular US study found that having an African American name is a significant disadvantage. Name your … Continue reading →

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It’s just not fair! Why we don’t know what taxes we want

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

What’s the difference between being left-wing and right-wing? Perhaps not very much – it depends on how the question is asked. Stian Reimers at UCL asked people how a tax burden should be split between a high earner (Andy on … Continue reading →

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