Changing the World by Changing Behavior
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If you could change your (or others’) behavior, say, around weight loss, savings plans, the high school dropout dilemma, or worker productivity, how might you do it? Can you? The field of behavioral economics examines psychology as it evaluates economic decision-making. We’re not always as rational as we think we are. Three of the country’s top experts in the field of behavioral economics will get you thinking. Sendhil Mullainathan Eldar Shafir David Laibson
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