A monkey economy as irrational as ours | Laurie Santos
Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too. Vote for our show in the Signal Awards for Most Inspirational podcast! Hosted on Acast. See…
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