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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

The Dismal Science of Economics

"Economics is a much more optimistic discipline from the inside," he says. "The fact that the world can be positive sum in so many places, the pie can get bigger was a revelation to me" He once played a visually impaired character and wore a blindfold around the house just to try to understand what it was like. 'I'm not sure this is an emotion, but that's kind of like the biggest lesson'

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