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How people feel about an economy is what actually matters, and no set of statistics will persuade someone who feels they are losing that they are winning.

Drawn from what Jennifer Burns said

Subjectbehavioural science
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behavioural science Applying how people actually decide to policy, rather than assuming how they should.

What Jennifer Burns actually said

  1. Jennifer Burns Historian of ideas at Stanford University and the Hoover Institution
    And that's what matters, how people feel about it, how people perceive it, it matters. And we saw this recently, you can't just come out with a bunch of statistics and tell people you're winning in this game if they feel like they're losing.

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    Watch from 1:35:06 plays here

    ↗Jennifer Burns: Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, Economics, Capitalism, Freedom | Lex Fridman Podcast #457youtube.com

    19 Jan 2025 · video · 3h 54m · spoken · official transcript

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