There is a false premise behind many economic studies of gift giving. It simply isn’t intended to produce an optimal economic outcome. Historically, gift giving was often a demonstration of power or influence. Less so today, but the vestiges remain. Why do you attach your name to a gift, after all? If it were purely…

Sometimes there is a reason why doctors don’t use “cutting edge technology”. Your open MRI may have been more comfortable but most radiologists will tell you that it produces lower quality images, sort of like using a point-and-shoot camera instead of a modern DSLR. And certain advanced imaging techniques simply…