About this episode

Economics professor Armin Falk discusses the surprising willingness of people to cooperate.

Economics professor ⁠Armin Falk⁠ shares the surprising fact that ⁠despite what the majority of us think, people are mostly willing to cooperate⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: David Cooper

Guest: Armin Falk

Topics covered

• cooperation
• economics
• human behavior
• social science
• psychology

Keywords

• cooperation
• economics
• Armin Falk
• human behavior
• social science

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