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Rationally Speaking #219 - Jason Collins on "A skeptical take on behavioral economics"

2018/10/15
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In this episode, economist Jason Collins discusses some of the problems with behavioral economics: Why governments have started to rely too much on the field, and why that's bad; why it's suspicious that there are over 100 cognitive biases; when "nudges" are problematic; and more.