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Barking up the wrong tree

Blog

09 May 2011

Matthew Taylor

It really isn’t fair. I don’t just mean West Bromwich Albion being trounced yesterday by arch enemies Wolverhampton Wanderers nor even my son’s team (which I ineptly manage) losing twice at the weekend. At least there was some joy in being the proud son as my mother received a civic award from Southwark.

The Normalisation of Gambling in the UK

Comment

06 May 2011

Gambling policy is a hobby horse for politicians and an easy target for wider concerns about human behaviour. Steve Donoughue argues that we need to view concerns in the context of history and the liberalisation of advertising and markets.

Companies, consumers and comic turns

Blog

03 May 2011

Matthew Taylor

I spent some of the bank holiday weekend working on my annual lecture. Regular readers (hi mum, really looking forward to watching you get your civic award from Southwark this weekend ) will know there have been a few false starts along the way, but I have a pretty clear plan now and have even written quite a lot of the first draft.

Our brains hurts (well, a little bit anyway)

Blog

26 Apr 2011

Matthew Taylor

I spent some of the Easter weekend reading a draft of a new paper from our social brain project, and very interesting it was too.

The happiest pair of gloves in the world

Blog

26 Apr 2011

Jonathan Rowson

What a wonderful surprise!

Constraining Consumption

Video

18 Apr 2011

Chandran Nair, CEO, the Global Institute For Tomorrow

Doubled up in happiness

Blog

12 Apr 2011

Matthew Taylor

Today is a happiness and well-being day. Well, sort of…

New Metrics for a New Era: The Gallup-Healthways UK Well-Being Index

Video

12 Apr 2011

With Jim Harter PhD, Ben Leedle, Jim Clifton, Dr David Halpern, Paul Allin and Matthew Taylor

The End of Remembering?

Comment

06 Apr 2011

Jonathan Rowson

RSA Comment tries to link readers to some of the events the Society is hosting so we can broaden audiences and continue the debate. Jonathan Rowson kicks off with Joshua Foer’s exploration of the nature of memory. Jonathan spoke at the RSA Wednesday 6 April. Find out more about the event.