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Episode 16: Misbehaving

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Self-Control Is Work

Richard Thaler: Why have classical economics ignored the idea that humans have trouble with self-control? He says economic theory says that we optimize and that we always choose what's best for us. But in these experiments, if you'd rather have two marshmallows than one, you should be willing to wait ten minutes," he says.

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