Rational choice theory (RCT) theorists believe that most human decisions are based on maximizing a person's own benefits, while minimizing that which can hurt the individual, according to Business ...

Do you know someone who is convinced that nothing he or she can do about a situation will change the outcome? Maybe it's about diet, a relationship, or a job. My friend Mark is this type of person.

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A LIST of things that Americans judge more favourably than Congress, according to Public Policy Polling, a survey firm, includes colonoscopies, root canals, lice and France. America seems to have ...