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ntoshev on April 7, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Obama used behavioral economics to win the ele...

The article really mixes two messages: "behavioral economics works" and "Obama knows what's good for you". The second one is claimed without any evidence, so I chose to ignore it.

jacoblyles on April 7, 2009 [–]

That's what was bothering me about it. Thanks for stating it so succinctly.

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