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May 2023
50m 53s

Success 2.0: Getting What You Want

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
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We all rely on incentives to get people to do things they might otherwise avoid. Parents reward kids for doing their homework. Companies offer bonuses to their high-performing employees. Charities send gifts to their donors. In the second episode in our "Success 2.0" series, economist Uri Gneezy shares how incentives can help us to achieve our goals, if we k ... Show More
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