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  • Mike Pottenger

Mike Pottenger has a background in political science, economics, history, and finance, with a Ph.D. examining the international political economy of corruption and organized crime. He is currently conducting research macroeconomic policy responses to crises, wealth inequality, and behavioral economics, and public policy.

He lectures at the University of Melbourne, teaching subjects in the field of political economy.

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Why Can’t We Just Behave? Free Drinks and Behavioral Science

In recent years, books like Predictably Irrational, Nudge and Thinking Fast and Slow have catapulted the findings of behavioural science (think cognitive psychology and behavioural economics) into new-found popularity. The...