What Jennifer Burns thinks about behavioural science

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Historian of ideas at Stanford University and the Hoover Institution, and the biographer of both Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand.

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1. 19 Jan 2025

   Our readingHow 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.

   Their wordsAnd 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.

   ↗Jennifer Burns: Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, Economics, Capitalism, Freedom | Lex Fridman Podcast #457youtube.com 8th of 20 in this recording