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The Why Axis
- Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life
- De: Uri Gneezy, John A. List
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 79
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Uri Gneezy and John List are like the anthropologists who spend months in the field studying the people in their native habitats. But in their case they embed themselves in our messy world to try and solve big, difficult problems, such as the gap between rich and poor students and the violence plaguing inner city schools; the real reasons people discriminate; whether women are really less competitive than men; and how to correctly price products and services. Their field experiments show how economic incentives can change outcomes.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Some Interesting Insights But Poor Science
- De Harold Toomey en 06-09-23
- The Why Axis
- Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life
- De: Uri Gneezy, John A. List
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
Some Interesting Insights But Poor Science
Revisado: 06-09-23
Guy reading it has a beautiful deep voice but makes it sound like it's a murder mystery. I'm able to forget this shortly after starting a session of listening.
Has some interesting insights, especially in the beginning. I especially enjoyed seeing how adding monetary incentive can backfire.
However, they jump to lots of conclusions and assume correlation equals causation without considering possible other reasons. For example, they did not consider that the reason women don't improve in competitive environments versus merit-based environments because they were already doing their best. Or the value of winning was not worth straining, and this could be caused by differences in the effects of straining in women vs. men.
It also used their small studies to make a grand sweeping statement that the world would be better off with women ruling, rather than exploring what cultural influences could cause a man to be equally good or better than they saw.
I don't regret my time, and I will finish the last fourth of it, but it's got some discouraging scientific holes in some areas.
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