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Sendhil Mullainathan: Solving social problems with a nudge

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MacArthur winner Sendhil Mullainathan uses the lens of behavioral economics to study a tricky set of social problems -- those we know how to solve, but don't. We know how to reduce child deaths due to diarrhea, how to prevent diabetes-related blindness and how to implement solar-cell technology ... yet somehow, we don't or can't. Why?

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TEDTalks, TED, Talks, brain, economics, global issues, health, technology, women, TEDIndia 2009, 2009

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