Hello and welcome to Weekend Reading Volume 8. A few things covered this week: “Señorita”, by Shawn Mendes, seaweed-flavored Oreos, and subsidies for millennials. The economics of streaming is changing pop songs (The Economist) To change behavior, change incentives. This article highlights how the shift to streaming has changed the economics of the music industry, and consequently, the nature of pop music. Outside of music, many tech companies use their search ranking algorithm as a powerful tool. By increasing visibility or decreasing visibility for certain behaviors, they can nudge users an suppliers towards desired behaviors: “
Weekend Reading Vol. 8
Weekend Reading Vol. 8
Weekend Reading Vol. 8
Hello and welcome to Weekend Reading Volume 8. A few things covered this week: “Señorita”, by Shawn Mendes, seaweed-flavored Oreos, and subsidies for millennials. The economics of streaming is changing pop songs (The Economist) To change behavior, change incentives. This article highlights how the shift to streaming has changed the economics of the music industry, and consequently, the nature of pop music. Outside of music, many tech companies use their search ranking algorithm as a powerful tool. By increasing visibility or decreasing visibility for certain behaviors, they can nudge users an suppliers towards desired behaviors: “