The Money Paradox

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

What does money tell us about human nature? How does it motivate, trick, satisfy and disappoint us? In this hour, TED speakers share insights into our relationship with money. Guests include psychologist Laurie Santos, behavioral economist Keith Chen, social psychologist Paul Piff, writer Daniel Pink and social scientist Michael Norton. (Original broadcast date: April 4, 2014).

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Guy here, and I have a question for you.
0:03.6	Do you think money is the best way to get people to do things for you?
0:08.6	Pretty easy answer, right?
0:09.6	Of course, if the answer is yes.
0:11.7	But it turns out that it's a little more complicated than that, especially when the task at hand requires
0:18.1	a little bit of creativity.
0:20.4	On this episode, we explore big questions about our relationship with money.
0:24.4	It's called the Money Paradox, and it originally aired in April 2014.
0:30.4	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:36.4	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talk.
0:38.4	Ted Talks.
0:39.4	Ted.
0:40.4	Ted, technology.
0:41.4	Entertainment, design.
0:42.4	Design.
0:43.4	Is that really what's 10 for you?
0:44.4	I've never known the delivered and Ted conferences around the world.
0:47.4	It's the gift of the human imagination.
0:49.4	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:52.4	Through nature of reality, beckons, from just beyond those talks, those ideas adapted for radio,
1:02.4	from NPR.
1:06.6	I'm Guy Ross, and today on the show, the Money Paradox.
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