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34. Maya Shankar Is Changing People’s Behavior — and Her Own
She used to run a behavioral unit in the Obama administration, and now has a similar role at Google. Maya and Steve talk about the power (and limits) of behavioral economics and also how people respond to change — the to...
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34. Maya Shankar Is Changing People’s Behavior — and Her Own is an episode from People I (Mostly) Admire by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher. She used to run a behavioral unit in the Obama administration, and now has a similar role at Google....
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