Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Positive punishment is a form of behavior modification. In this case, the word “positive” doesn’t refer to something pleasant. Positive punishment is adding something to the mix that will result in an ...

In less than a decade, positive psychology has caught the attention not only of the academic community but also the general public. I just did a Google search for "positive psychology' and found ...

We need a new, positive definition of public goods to counter the current economics definition that relegates pubic goods to market failure. Last week I wrote about how economist Paul Samuelson's ...

What does it mean to describe someone as ‘masculine’? Back in 1984, Franklin identified a number of male-valued traits that were typically linked to masculinity, including aggression, dominance and a ...