The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not (Ep. 469 Replay)

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🗓️ 4 August 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We often look to other countries for smart policies on education, healthcare, infrastructure, etc. But can a smart policy be simply transplanted into a country as culturally unusual (and as supremely WEIRD) as America?

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Stephen Dubner.
0:06.8	Today on the show we are revisiting the first episode in a series we made last year about
0:11.2	American culture and just how unusual it is.
0:15.0	We have updated facts and figures as necessary.
0:18.0	Also, we need your help for a new episode we're producing about bosses who have business
0:24.2	degrees.
0:25.2	We hear your stories specifically about how your company or department changed when
0:30.7	someone with an MBA showed up to start running things.
0:34.3	Did the situation get better?
0:36.3	Worse?
0:37.3	Weirder?
0:38.3	How?
0:39.6	You can send an email to radioatfreconomics.com or even better a voice memo.
0:46.1	We might use your voice on the show.
0:48.2	Please record your voice memo in a quiet place.
0:51.1	Keep your mouth close to the phone.
0:53.5	Please include your name, where you live and what you do and give it in the nature of
0:57.2	this topic if you need to stay anonymous.
1:00.4	We will honor that.
1:02.0	You can send the voice memo to that same address, radioatfreconomics.com.
1:08.2	Thanks in advance and now I hope you enjoy this episode.
1:20.2	How much time have you spent thinking about what makes America America?
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