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Applying behavioural science to policymaking

Policies are generally based on the assumption that people are perfectly rational, but they are not. What happens when policymaking takes into account our real behaviour?
Applying behavioural science to policymaking

Research shows that changes based on behavioural science can drastically affect the results of policies.

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