Sometimes generic drugs actually cost more

"...for Medicare beneficiaries with $20,000 to $80,000 in annual drug spending, using only brand-name drugs could actually save them money."

Vanderbilt U. • futurity
July 16, 2019 ~3 min

Self-managed teams come with a serious warning

Self-managed teams "aren't as awesome as people think." The red flag is pay inequity.

Neil Schoenherr-WUSTL • futurity
July 15, 2019 ~6 min


Credit counseling really can ease your debt

A year-and-a-half after receiving credit counseling, participants in a new study reduced revolving debt an average of $3,637.

Neil Schoenherr-WUSTL • futurity
July 14, 2019 ~4 min

After lapses in self-control, does it help to admit it?

When you break your diet or stray from self-control in other ways, whether telling someone helps you do better depends on a few factors, researchers say.

Liz Entman-Vanderbilt • futurity
July 10, 2019 ~4 min

Legal debt may prolong homelessness

New research indicates legal debt keeps people homeless longer. "The human cost of this is devastating and there is an economic cost as well."

Ashlie Chandler-Washington • futurity
July 5, 2019 ~6 min

‘Nice people finish last’ with investors, ‘Shark Tank’ shows

To study how investors judge pitches, researchers used an odd laboratory: the TV show "Shark Tank."

Jill Young Miller-Washington U. • futurity
June 28, 2019 ~4 min

Americans aren’t so optimistic about economic mobility

How do Americans feel about prospects for intergenerational mobility? Researchers dug into estimates of kids' future income to find out.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
June 25, 2019 ~6 min

We crave info like drugs, junk food, and cash

"...just as our brains like empty calories from junk food, they can overvalue information that makes us feel good but may not be useful..."

UC Berkeley • futurity
June 24, 2019 ~6 min


More cash ups the chance people return lost wallets

The classic economic model predicts that people will keep lost wallets. New research in 40 countries finds that it depends on what's inside.

U. Zurich • futurity
June 20, 2019 ~4 min

Medieval Africans had a great way to purify gold

Archaeology and materials science confirm the "pure gold" coins of medieval West Africa. "...the process used to refine gold in Tadmekka is real."

Megan Fellman-Northwestern • futurity
June 3, 2019 ~4 min

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