34. Maya Shankar Is Changing People’s Behavior — and Her Own
About this episode
Maya Shankar discusses her work in behavioral economics and the impact of change.
She used to run a behavioral unit in the Obama administration, and now has a similar role at Google. Maya and Steve talk about the power (and limits) of behavioral economics and also how people respond to change — the topic of her new podcast A Slight Change of Plans. This episode originally aired on July 2nd, 2021.
People in this episode
Host: Steve
Guest: Maya Shankar
Topics covered
- behavioral economics
- change
- government
- technology
- podcasting
Keywords
- behavioral unit
- Obama administration
- A Slight Change of Plans
- change of behavior
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Obama administration, Google
Books & works: A Slight Change of Plans
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