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Apr 2024
32m 36s

“It's How McDonald’s Make Men Binge” Ror...

Phill Agnew
About this episode

In today’s episode of Nudge, Rory Sutherland explains:


When to tell smokers to quit smoking 

How to double McDonald’s orders 

Ways to make Londoners recycle 

Why pensions schemes are broken 

How to make high earners pay more tax


You won’t want to miss this. 

(Warning this episode contains explicit language).


Rory’s book Alchemy: http://tinyurl.com/3ucjy6rz

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