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episode 340: 340. People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard.


You wouldn’t think you could win a Nobel Prize for showing that humans tend to make irrational decisions. But that’s what Richard Thaler has done. The founder of behavioral economics describes his unlikely route to success; his reputation for being lazy; and his efforts to fix the world — one nudge at a time.


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 July 12, 2018  57m
 
 
Podcasts mit Richard Thaler sind immer gut :)
curated by egghat in Egghat empfiehlt | July 12, 2018
Richard Thaler. Everytime good to listen to.
curated by qvex in Bemerkenswerte Podcasts | July 27, 2018