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Misbehaving with Richard Thaler

Misbehaving with Richard Thaler

FromHidden Brain


Misbehaving with Richard Thaler

FromHidden Brain

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Oct 23, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We don't always do what we're supposed to do. We don't save enough for retirement. We order dessert — even when we're supposed to be dieting. In other words, we misbehave. That's the title of Richard Thaler's most recent book: Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics. If you've read Thaler's previous book, Nudge, you know he's an economist who studies why people don't really act the way traditional economists say they will. Thaler recently won a Nobel Prize for his contributions to the field of behavioral economics — so we thought we'd celebrate by giving you this encore episode. It's still one of our favorites.
Released:
Oct 23, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.