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"Nudge" Part 2: Mr. Nudge Goes to Washington

If Books Could Kill

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The Politics of Organ Donation

The idea that you are inadequately informed to tackle a subject does not compute. Policy makers on some level are relying on academics and like they shouldn't be, but they are relying on books like this because they assume you have done your fucking homework. But what these guys keep doing is they're obviously prioritizing like things that are cute. Look at this project in the Philippines where they took people's money and gave it back,. They're not doing the basic work that you would expect from a Harvard or University of Chicago academic behind the scenes.

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