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- 21 Mar 2025
- News
What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”
everyone acting like that, certainly not in high finance. People can be very pragmatic, very utilitarian about their relationships. A lot of that is just a matter of time and the amount of energy you’re able to exert really connecting... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 23 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)
inclusionists argue that one of Wikipedia's core values is that it should be open to all ideas, that truth emerges from a variety of directions. Better to include than exclude. The exclusionists see Wikipedia's utilitarianism diminished... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
self-made products. Participants saw their amateurish creations—of both utilitarian and hedonic products—as similar in value to the creations of experts and expected others to share their opinions. Our account suggests that labor leads to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
Harvard economist N. Gregory Mankiw, Weinzierl coauthored the HBS working paper "The Optimal Taxation of Height: A Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution" [PDF]. The main framework economists use to think through tax... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
impressive, its existence also raises many questions. What are consumers really buying when they buy a perfume, or face cream, or lipstick? Scents which last a few hours or face creams that can’t be seen once applied are neither straightforwardly View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
criteria with which, as extensive evidence has shown, most people evaluate policy. In particular, if the classic principle of Equal Sacrifice augments the standard Utilitarian criterion, optimal tagging is limited. Calibrated simulations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
utilitarian criterion can be simulated using conventional constraints and methods. A wide range of optimal policy outcomes can result, including those consistent with existing policies. To the extent that such an objective reflects the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne