News tagged with public good

Scientists develop novel use of neurotechnology to solve classic social problem

Economists and neuroscientists from the California Institute of Technology have shown that they can use information obtained through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measurements of whole-brain activity to create ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

The conditional Homo cooperativus

A postdoc from ETH Zurich has been conducting research to find solutions to cooperation dilemmas. His recent field research in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia reveals that the degree of voluntary cooperation ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Stock markets can regulate themselves

Whenever crisis threatens the financial markets, voices are loud in calling for greater control. It is dubious, however, whether tighter regulation would actually offer investors better protection against losing their capital. ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1