628. Sludge, Part 2: Is Government the Problem, or the Solution?

628. 沉渣篇二:政府是问题所在,还是解决方案?

Freakonomics Radio

社会与文化

2025-04-04

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There is no sludgier place in America than Washington, D.C. But there are signs of a change. We’ll hear about this progress — and ask where Elon Musk and DOGE fit in. (Part two of a two-part series.)
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  • Last week, in the first episode of this two part series,

  • the Nobel Prize winning economist Richard Thaler described one of the most common afflictions of our time.

  • If you make things harder.

  • I call that sludge.

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  • We heard how insurance companies use sludge to ration healthcare,

  • how subscription services use sludge to avoid cancellations,

  • and how governments are full of sludge because.

  • Well, because sludge is an almost inevitable byproduct of bureaucracy.

  • Today in Part two we look at ways to fight sludge through better legislation,

  • through the use of artificial intelligence, and maybe by hiring a personal sludge coach.

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