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Hidden Brain

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The Rule of Subtraction in Public Policy

Ligde: Lawmakers should prune back laws that might no longer be useful. Ligde has been struck by the fact that subtraction can play a surprisingly powerful role in medicine. Doctors and nurses often have so much going on that simplifying rules and reducing complexity can improve patient outcomes, he says.

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