If people just put away what's left at the end of the month, that's a recipe for failure.
Richard ThalerI think we also have learned the lesson that we have to have better incentive structures.
Richard ThalerIt turns out, that men, when they're taking care of their business, they're not fully attending to the task at hand, but, I'm sure there's an evolutionary explanation for this, if you give them a target, they will aim.
Richard ThalerIf rather than setting the minimum balance as the lowest possible amount, so we keep people in debt for as long as possible, we raise the minimum payment and encourage people to pay off their credit cards, we're going to make less money, but we're going to have costumers that are more solvent.
Richard Thaler