Scott Rick - Press
 

Selected Media Coverage

 
Highlights
 
Family Finance Lessons of the Budget Battle in Washington, Time Magazine [web]
Webcast on Tightwads and Spendthrifts, National Science Foundation [web]
I Say Spend. You Say No. We're in Love, The New York Times [web]
Squawk on the Street Interview, CNBC [web]
Cheapskates, National Public Radio [web]
Making of a Miser: Nature vs. Nurture, Wall Street Journal [pdf]
Neuromarketing Careers, Science [pdf]

Tightwads and Spendthrifts
 
Spending Problem? Blame It On Your Brain Financial Post [web] [reprint by The Vancouver Sun]
Can Spenders Ever Invest Well? Bankrate.com [web]
Using Behavioral Economics, Psychology, and Neuroeconomics to Maximize Sales, Shopify [web]
Don't Punish Yourself Every Time You Spend, The New York Times [web]
Try to Be a Little More Zen About Spending Money on Important Things, Jezebel [web]
Expense-Account Tightwads Take the Road Less Expensive, Wall Street Journal [web]
Tightwads and Spendthrifts, Kiplinger [web] [reprint by AARP] [reprint by NASDAQ.com] [reprint by Yahoo! Finance]
Appearance on "It's Hot in Here", WCBN Ann Arbor [web]
Life's Extremes: Tightwads vs. Spendthrifts, LiveScience [web]
A Nation Full of Tightwads, AARP Bulletin [web]
Financial Biological Determinism, The Atlantic [web]
Being Frugal May Be More Genetic Than Learned, Miller-McCune [web]
Tightwads and Spendthrifts: A Black Friday Tradition, Science Daily [web]
Black Friday: The Science of Tightwads and Spendthrifts, ABC News [web]
Spendthrifts and Tightwads Are Unhappy, Big Think [web]
Neither a Tightwad Nor a Spendthrift Be, Smithsonian Magazine [web]
Spendthrifts, Tightwads, Equally Unhappy, Discovery News [web] [reprint by MSNBC]
Even Tightwads Cut Loose for Holiday Gift-Giving, LiveScience [web]
Tightwads & Spendthrifts: What Factors Make You Shop the Way You Do? Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [web]
It's True: We Shop Till it Hurts, Time Magazine [web]
Webcast on Tightwads and Spendthrifts, National Science Foundation [web]
The Wisdom of Thrift, Ode Magazine [pdf]
Field Guide to the Tightwad, Psychology Today [pdf]
The State of Our Unions, The National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia [pdf]
Learning to Spend (a Little) More, Wall Street Journal [web]
Save $656 This Month (At Least!), SELF Magazine [web]
Born Cheap, New York Magazine [web]
Holding Money Tightly May Choke Off Happiness, The Chicago Tribune [pdf]
The Conversation, NPR-Seattle [web]
Latest Threat is Thrift, The Philadelphia Inquirer [pdf]
Frugal or Cheap? Toronto Star [web]
What's Your Spending M.O.? The Oregonian [pdf]
Cheapskates, National Public Radio [web]
Americans' Buying Impulse Has Dimmed, At Least For Now, The Columbus Dispatch [pdf]
Making of a Miser: Nature vs. Nurture, Wall Street Journal [pdf]
Generation Debt, Metro Santa Cruz [pdf]
Behind the Urge to Buy, Minnesota Public Radio [web]
Postings, The New York Times [web]
Can You Trust Someone Like You? The New York Times [pdf]
Tightwads v. Spendthrifts, The New York Times [pdf]
Hold on to your Wallets: Tightwads Outnumber Spendthrifts, Study Says, CBC News [pdf]
Consumer Researchers Find Frugality Not a Spent Force, The Washington Times [pdf]
What Makes a Tightwad? The Globe and Mail [pdf]
Got a Stingy Friend? Spending May Cause Them Pain, Reuters [pdf]
Tightwads Loosen Up; You're Not Alone, WebMD [pdf]
Tightwads Outnumber Spendthrifts: Spending Can Be a Pain to Some, Science Daily [pdf]
A Penny Saved is a Penny Spent, Newsweek and The Daily Beast [web]
Consumers Can Use Research to their Advantage, Los Angeles Times [web]
Tightwads and Spendthrifts, The Times of UK [pdf]
Design of Desire, American Radio Works [web]
Learn about your Tightwad Customers, The Globe and Mail [web]
Email of the Day, The Atlantic [web]
Buying Pain, The Atlantic [web]
Tightwads, Spendthrifts, and Everyone Else, NeuroscienceMarketing.com [web]
Are You a Tightwad or a Spendthrift? And What Does This Mean for Retailers? Knowledge@Wharton [pdf]
Tightwads and Spendthrifts, The New York Times [pdf]

Money and Marriage
 
What To Do When Financial Opposites Attract, Huffington Post [web] [reprint by The Street]
Let's Talk about Money, Honey, The Chicago Tribune [web]
When Couples' Spending Habits Clash, Yahoo! Finance [web]
A Balancing Act, The Family Institute at Northwestern University [pdf]
Quote/Unquote, Ross Dividend Alumni Magazine [pdf]
English Language Learners Discuss Love and Happiness, The New York Times [web]
Marrying Your Financial Opposite: A Fatal Attraction? The Baltimore Sun [web] [reprint by Los Angeles Times] [reprint by RedEye Chicago]
Six Steps to Keeping Financial Problems at Bay in Your Relationship, eHarmony Labs [web]
Family Finance Lessons of the Budget Battle in Washington, Time Magazine [web]
Holiday Weekend Forecast: Plenty of Squabbling, The Globe and Mail [web]
How to Keep Cash from Coming Between You, Redbook [web]
Money, Marriage and Kids, Pregnancy.org [web]
Research Roundup, Knowledge@Wharton [web]
How to Have a Healthy Relationship with Your Spouse and Money, Yahoo! Shine [web]
Don't Fight Over Money, Consumer Reports Money Adviser [web]
Money Tip: How to Make Your Relationship Work, Financially Speaking, The Seattle Times [web]
Three Ways to Nip Your Money Differences in the Bud, Redbook [web]
Finding Your Financial Harmony, The Chicago Tribune [web]
Love and Money: When Tightwads Meet Spendthrifts, Credit.com [web]
Five Sources of Financial Friction for Couples, Kiplinger [web]
Money and Marriage: Town Hall Discussion on CBS Early Show, Farnoosh Torabi [web]
Stop Fighting over Money: 4 Talks to Have Before Marriage, CBS MoneyWatch [web]
Love and Money: He Spends, She Saves, They Fight, CBS MoneyWatch [web]
Fatal Attraction, MoneySense Magazine [web]
Getting Married? Ten Money Tips, The Globe and Mail [web]
Why Spendthrifts and Tightwads Marry—and What to Do When They Do, Vanguard [web]
Fatal Attraction: Tightwads and Spendthrifts Tend to Marry, Michigan Alumnus Magazine [pdf]
Checkmates: Couples Share Money Strategies, The Miami Herald [pdf]
Money Talks. At Least to Lovers, ABC News [web]
Love to Spend? Your Best Match Should, Too, Recessionwire [web]
Tightwads and Spendthrifts Tend to Marry, University of Michigan Study Finds, AnnArbor.com [web]
Tightwads and Spendthrifts Attract, Marry, Fight, FOX News [web]
Are You Married to Your Financial Opposite? CNN Money [web]
Tightwad Hearts Spendthrift: When Financial Opposites Attract, Wall Street Journal [web]
Weekly Review (Reference 21), Harper's Magazine [web]
Are You a Spendthrift or a Tightwad? (How About Your Spouse?), Real Simple [web]
What Are We Fighting Over When We Fight Over Money? The New York Times [web]
It's Probably For the Best that Scrooge Ditched His Girlfriend, Jezebel [web]
I Say Spend. You Say No. We're in Love, The New York Times [web]
Love and Money, The Washington Post [web]
In Love and Money, Opposites Attract, The New York Times [web]
Squawk on the Street Interview, CNBC [web]
Study: Opposite Financial Habits Attract, Marketplace [web]
The US and China are Secretly in Love, Marketplace (Scratch Pad) [pdf]
Big Spenders Tend to Marry Big Savers, Researchers Find, Reuters [web]
Tightwads and Spendthrifts: I Do, You Don't, CNN [pdf]
When Spendthrifts Date Tightwads, Attraction Happens, St. Louis Today [web]
Opposites Attract: Tightwads Marry Spendthrifts, The Baltimore Sun [web]
Can You Survive a Fatal Fiscal Attraction? The Oregonian [pdf]

Debt Management
 
Interest Rate, not Balance, Matters The Columbus Dispatch [web]
Why Is It So Hard to Get Out of Debt? NerdWallet [web]
How to Pay Down Debt, FOX Business [web]
Why Your Credit-Card Debt Won't Die, Kiplinger [web]
How to Prioritize Your Debt Payments, Veterans United Network [web]
Why We Make the Financially Wrong Choice When Paying Off Debts, CreditCards.com [web] [reprint by Yahoo! Finance] [reprint by FOX Business]
Which Credit Card Would Mr. Spock Pay Off First? CreditCards.com [web]
Debt Management Psychology Hurts Consumers, United Press International [web]
If You Resolve to Pay Off Credit Cards This Year, Do It Right, The Baltimore Sun [web] [reprint by Pittsburgh Tribune-Review] [reprint by The Seattle Times]
First Person: Paying Off My Smallest Debts First Cost Me, Yahoo! Finance [web]
Should You Tackle Your Small or Large Debts First? The Globe and Mail [web]
Why Capping Credit-Card Rates Won't Help Consumers, MarketWatch [web] [reprint by SmartMoney] [reprint by Fidelity]
A Better Way to Pay Off Debts, Time Magazine [web]
New Research Study Debunks Popular Method of Paying Off Consumer Debt, Financial Advisor Magazine [web]
Actually, Paying Off Your Smallest Debt First is a Bad Idea, Business Insider [web] [reprint by Yahoo! Finance]
Debt and Decision-Making: Where Intuition Leads Us Wrong, NerdWallet [web]
People Make Mistakes When Paying Cards, Financial Security Project at Boston College [web]
Which Debt Do You Pay Down First? Whichever Keeps You Going, The Oregonian [web]
Five Tips on Paying Down Multiple Debts, The Oregonian [web]
The Best Way to Pay Off Debt, MSN Money [web]
Are You Paying Down Debt the Wrong Way? SmartMoney [web]
Why You Should Ignore Your Instincts When Paying Your Bills, AOL DailyFinance [web]
Psychology Colors Debt Management, United Press International [web]
New Study Finds Consumers Lack Good Strategies to Reduce Debt, Olin News (WUSTL) [web] [reprint by Yahoo! News]
Surprising Ways to Boost Your Finances, Yahoo! Finance [pdf]

The Pain of Paying
 
Why Black Friday is a Behavioral Economist's Nightmare, New York Magazine [web]
The Way We Spend Impacts How We Spend, Psychology Today [web]
The Neuroscience of Groupon, Wired [web]
Third Quarter Trend Report: Learning What Motivates Shoppers, Advertising Age [pdf]
When Being Frugal Becomes an Obsession, CreditCards.com [web] [reprint by Today] [reprint by FOX Business]
Psychology of Consumption, Michigan Alumnus Magazine [pdf]
When Using Plastic, Consumers Spend More, Credit.com [web]
Nine Ways to Outsmart Yourself and Maybe Spend Less, Vanguard [web]
Consumer Confidence Index Up Third Straight Month, The Philadelphia Inquirer [pdf]
High Price Makes Wine Taste Better, The Times of UK [pdf]
Is There a Reason You Shop the Way You Do? NBC Nightly News [web]
Your Brain on Gucci, The Globe and Mail [pdf]
Pain, Pleasure and Spending, New York Daily News [pdf]
Interview with Jean Chatzky, Oprah & Friends Radio [pdf]
From MBAs to Mind Readers, BusinessWeek [pdf]
Is My Brain Making Me Buy Things I Don't Need? TLC Family [web]
The Situational Character Goes to the Mall, The Situationist [web]
It's Science: The Brains of Spendthrifts Function Differently Than Tightwads, The Consumerist [web]
The Brain: Marketing to Your Mind, Time Magazine [web]
Shop till your Dopamine Drops, The Economist (Free Exchange) [web]
The Voices in My Head Say 'Buy It!' Why Argue? The New York Times [pdf]
Spend 'Til it Hurts: Researching the Pain of Paying, Carnegie Mellon Homepage Stories [pdf]
This Is Your Brain On Shopping, Wired [web]
This Is Your Brain On Shopping, Scientific American [web]
This Is Your Brain On Shopping, Forbes [pdf]
Shopping Urges 'Spotted in Brain', BBC News [web]
When Your Brain Goes Shopping, Science NOW [web]

The Imbibing Idiot Bias
 
Holding a Drink Makes You Look Dumb, The Boston Globe [web]
The Glass is Half Held-Against-You, Improbable Research [web]
Job Search Tip: Don't Drink at the Interview!, Psychology Today [web]
Opinions Overflow in Debate on Dinner-Interview Drinking, The Sacramento Bee [web]
Cheers! New York Post [web]
Death of Mad Men-style Boozy Lunch As Office Drinkers Considered 'Less Intelligent' Daily Mail [web]
The Boredom of Boozeless Business, The Economist [web]
Can Mountain Dew Make You Smarter than Pinot Noir? NeuroscienceMarketing.com [web]
Cin cin! The Economist [web]
Proof: Alcohol Makes You (Look) Dumb, Forbes [web]
B-School Research Briefs, Bloomberg Businessweek [web]
Whacky Research on Booze Bias, The Economic Times [web]
Research Roundup, Knowledge@Wharton [web]
Wine is not Winsome, Hindustan Times [web]
Poem of the Week: Imbibing Idiot Bias, The Weekly Poem [web]
The Most Sophisticated Drink is No Drink, The Globe and Mail [web]
Holding a Drink Makes You Look Stupid, The Independent [web]
Beware Your Beverage, Scientific American Mind [web]
Quote/Unquote, Ross Dividend Alumni Magazine [pdf]
Power Points: This Week's Productivity Tips, The Globe and Mail [web]
No, Not Tonight Man. I Gotta Look Smart, The Stanford Daily [web]
Does Holding a Beer Make You Look Dumb? The Atlantic [web]
Sorry Bros: Holding Alcohol Makes People Think You're Dumber, Time Magazine [web]
Just Holding a Drink Makes You Seem Dumb, Study Says, AOL News [web]
Consumer Corner: Drinking and Informal Job Interviews Don't Mix, United Press International [web]
Skip The Drink Over Dinner When Interviewing for Jobs, Crain's Detroit Business [web]
Raise a Glass to Lust and Liquor at Work, Financial Times [pdf]
Don't Drink, Even if the Boss Does, Toronto Star [pdf]
Your Potential Boss May Order a Drink, But You Shouldn't, Marketplace [pdf]
UM Research: Think Before You Drink During Job Interview, CBS Detroit [web]
Advice to U.S. Job Seekers: Drop the Merlot, Reuters [pdf] [reprint by New York Daily News]
In Job Interviews, What You Drink May be Seen as How You Think, The Globe and Mail [web]
Hazard of Ordering that Merlot When the Boss Does so First Extends Well Beyond the Risk of Getting Tipsy, Academy of Management [web]
Do Your Co-Workers Think You're a Drunken Idiot? CBS MoneyWatch [web]

The Endowment Effect
 
What's Mine is Mine, Science Daily [web]
Parting's Sweet Sorrow, Science NOW [web]
Why it Hurts to Sell Your Stuff, Nature News [pdf]

Retail Therapy
 
First Person: I Believe in the Power of Retail Therapy, Yahoo! Finance [web]
The Best Excuse for Hitting the Mall, Women's Health Magazine [pdf]
Retail Therapy Could Boost Your Mood: Study Justifies The 4 Pairs of Shoes You Just Bought, The Consumerist [web]
Study: Retail Therapy Does Impact Our Mood, AOL On News [web]
Does Retail Therapy Actually Work? LearnVest [web]
Shop 'Til You Drop: Retail Therapy Works, CNBC [web] [reprint by Yahoo! Finance]
Study Finds 'Retail Therapy' Actually Works, DailyFinance [web]
Researchers Discover That When You're Depressed, Stuffing Yourself or Buying Something Makes You Happier, Forbes [web]
University of Michigan Researchers Say 'Retail Therapy' Actually Helps Combat Sadness, Michigan Radio [web]
Feeling Blue? Go Buy Some Stuff, Harvard Business Review Morning Advantage [web]
U-M Study: Retail Therapy Really Works, CBS Detroit [web]
Shopping Can Ward Off the Blues, U-M Study Finds, Detroit Free Press [web]

Other Topics
 
How the Holstee Manifesto Became the New 'Just Do It', The Washington Post [web]
The Best Way to Go Shopping: With a Smile, The Atlantic [web]
Is Economic Success All in the Family? The Miami Herald [pdf]
Romance between Democrats and Republicans: Is it possible? The Wharton Journal [pdf]
Neuromarketing Could Make Mind Reading the Ad-Man's Ultimate Tool, The Guardian [pdf]
Neuromarketing Careers, Science [pdf]