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
Sep 10, 2009 |
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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
Nov 17, 2010 |
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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
Aug 17, 2011 |
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