Psychologists have long felt, oh, they know those economists. They're the only ones that are ever consulted in congress. And tega ino de ab all these hy persege jobs, they aven know they is nobody listens to us. I'm unthrilled with the way that's going.Behavioral economics work is an example of this wonderful dictum from fom robert ziance, a famous social psychologist. The interesting stuff is all social. It's what does they say about me? What a will i be ostracized from my group?"
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on morality, politics, disgust, how to maintain free speech on campus, the enriching effects of LSD, antiparsimonialism, and why economists set all the interesting variables to zero.
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