Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next.

When you get a checking account, you should have a savings account, and the number for the savings account should be one off of your checking account.

Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves.

If you get people to feel that they are putting something, that they are creating it and so on, their love for the project would increase. The more something is yours, the more you're willing to invest in it.

When parents have college savings accounts for their kids, their kids show higher social and cognitive performance.

It was shocking to realize how many low-income Americans don't have savings accounts.

The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.