I’m running circles in my driveway again. “Not yet, not yet, almost,” I mutter to myself as my kids gather at the window. Dog walkers give me the “I’m-not-looking-but-I’m-looking” look. “Mom, what are ...

In the world of head-to-head negotiations, the person who first suggests a dollar figure must do so carefully. The opening episode of Slate’s Negotiation Academy (a podcast series I co-hosted) ...

Could asking for a raise with a round number be setting your chances of getting what you want back? All Things Considered host Robert Siegel speaks with Malia Mason, the lead author of a new study ...

Numbers have mattered to humans since the earliest civilizations…but some have mattered more than others. There are certain numbers that we know represent fact. There are 60 minutes in an hour, 360 ...

Robert Breunig receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Australian Treasury and the Australian Taxation Office. Australia’s tax system is needlessly complex, and that’s making it ...

Oh, how we love our numbers. Our fitness tracker tells us we’ve walked 9,874 steps today. Only 126 more and we will have reached 10,000 step perfection. You don’t really need another pair of black ...