Rationally Speaking Podcast

Rationally Speaking #219 - Jason Collins on "A skeptical take on behavioral economics"

Oct 15, 2018
Economist Jason Collins discusses problems with behavioral economics: reliance of governments, suspicious number of cognitive biases, problematic 'nudges'. Also explores flaws in neoclassical economics, exploitation by marketers, limitations of naming biases, and concerns about pendulum swinging too far in favor of behavioral economics in policymaking.
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