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Mar 2023
1h 14m

Megan McArdle on the Oedipus Trap

RUSS ROBERTS
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When physician Walter Freeman died in 1972, he still believed that lobotomies were the best treatment for mental illness. A pioneer in the method, he was a deeply confident and charismatic man who eagerly spread the technique in America, long after the rise of alternative treatments that were less destructive. Listen as journalist Megan McArdle and EconTalk' ... Show More
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