Deirdre Nansen McCloksey

Deirdre Nansen McCloksey

Sweet Talk and Social Media

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Deirdre Nansen McCloskey
Oct 13, 2017
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In "A Conversation with Deirdre McCloskey," James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute asks about the struggle to communicate important ideas:

Pethokoukis: “It’s been documented that people aren’t really open to being challenged. They go on Facebook to just reaffirm whatever that existing bias is, and when it is challenged they feel very upse…

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