If America Is a Train Wreck, Why Am I Doing Fine? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 90

Explains why people can feel fine personally yet worry about national decline, using behavioral insights.

Behavioral economicsBehavioralPodcast episodeintermediateavailability heuristiccultural cognitionhappiness gapmoral outragenews media effectspublic sentiment

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• Freakonomics · 2023-01-19

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