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"...Ridiculous" Ep. 2: Importing Psychology

Opinion Science

English - February 26, 2024 06:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
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Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky were two psychologists with big ideas about how people made decisions. Their careful research launched a brand new way of understanding people’s choices, and it helped fan the flames of Behavioral Economics.

This is the second episode of a special series called: "They Thought We Were Ridiculous: The Unlikely Story of Behavioral Economics."

For more information, check out the Opinion Science webpage for this series: http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/they-thought-we-were-ridiculous/

For a transcript of this episode, visit this episode's page at: http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/episodes/

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