Saturday, November 18th, 2023
Special Edition: America's Divide Explained & How We Heal
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America’s political divide has been growing in recent decades, and it’s gotten to a point where people aren’t just disagreeing with each other — they also dislike each other. Behavioral economics expert Dan Stone, author of “Undue Hate,” has done the research to explain why we’re so divided and offers possible solutions.
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Guest: Dan Stone, PhD
Dan Stone has been teaching in the Economics department at Bowdoin since 2012 and prior to that was an assistant professor at Oregon State University from 2008-2012.
He teaches courses on microeconomics, behavioral economics, information and uncertainty, and game theory.
His book is called “Undue Hate: A Behavioral Economic Analysis Of Hostile Polarization In U.S. Politics And Beyond.”
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