Human Nature

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Economics is based on rational behavior, but humans are anything but. So what can the Obama economic team learn from social psychology? Then: the secrets of long-distance running, and why running shoes are the worst thing ever to happen to feet. Plus, why it’s so hard to be a stepmother.

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