Nudging the Wealthy

Like most people, one of my pet peeves is the declining politeness of American drivers:  you let someone into a long line of cars or pull out from a parking lot and wait for the thank you wave that most likely doesn’t come.  A little act of kindness that could easily be reciprocated, but goes unacknowledged.

A call from a local reporter prompted me to think about who I see as the worst culprits and led me to some old research by social psychologist Paul Piff Read more