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George Loewenstein on Hot and Cold Affect

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George Lowenstein of Carnegie Mellon University has written on a dizzying range of topics, mostly at the intersection between economics and psychology. He's credited as being one of the founders of both behavioural economics and neuroeconomics. Perhaps best known for what's called the hot cold empathy gap. This episode contains references to sexual assault and suicide.

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