well we started off in a normal interview post and now you’re lying down
interview post and now you’re lying down
interview post and now you’re lying down swinging a pillow round what what’s
swinging a pillow round what what’s
swinging a pillow round what what’s going on here if I give you a slice of
going on here if I give you a slice of
going on here if I give you a slice of juicy fruit when you say whatever I want
juicy fruit when you say whatever I want
juicy fruit when you say whatever I want yep no wait i heard that you would do
yep no wait i heard that you would do
yep no wait i heard that you would do anything for a slice of juicy fruit no
anything for a slice of juicy fruit no
anything for a slice of juicy fruit no matter how smart you are an economist
matter how smart you are an economist
matter how smart you are an economist think they’re pretty smart you come up
think they’re pretty smart you come up
think they’re pretty smart you come up with some incentive scheme that you
with some incentive scheme that you
with some incentive scheme that you think it’s a perfect one to entice
think it’s a perfect one to entice
think it’s a perfect one to entice exactly the behavior have in mind and
exactly the behavior have in mind and
exactly the behavior have in mind and you said an army of people with nothing
you said an army of people with nothing
you said an army of people with nothing to do all day but to figure out how to
to do all day but to figure out how to
to do all day but to figure out how to beat that incentives game and they
beat that incentives game and they
beat that incentives game and they absolutely well tell them about a Amanda
absolutely well tell them about a Amanda
absolutely well tell them about a Amanda that’s just a long story you can do
that’s just a long story you can do
that’s just a long story you can do possibly i mean i’ll give you a hug you
possibly i mean i’ll give you a hug you
possibly i mean i’ll give you a hug you an example so we were trying to potty
an example so we were trying to potty
an example so we were trying to potty train my daughter Amanda and my wife
train my daughter Amanda and my wife
train my daughter Amanda and my wife went of the books and did all the things
went of the books and did all the things
went of the books and did all the things you’re supposed to do but I meant had
you’re supposed to do but I meant had
you’re supposed to do but I meant had been potty training and she just decided
been potty training and she just decided
been potty training and she just decided she wouldn’t use the toilet anymore and
she wouldn’t use the toilet anymore and
she wouldn’t use the toilet anymore and this went on for months my wife was
this went on for months my wife was
this went on for months my wife was frustrated and I and I said this is I’m
frustrated and I and I said this is I’m
frustrated and I and I said this is I’m an economist I understand Santa’s let me
an economist I understand Santa’s let me
an economist I understand Santa’s let me take over and I got right down on
take over and I got right down on
take over and I got right down on Amanda’s level on my knees and I I knew
Amanda’s level on my knees and I I knew
Amanda’s level on my knees and I I knew what she liked more than anything else
what she liked more than anything else
what she liked more than anything else was about three years old we’re eminem’s
was about three years old we’re eminem’s
was about three years old we’re eminem’s and I said if you go pee pee in the
and I said if you go pee pee in the
and I said if you go pee pee in the potty I’ll give you a bag of Eminem’s
potty I’ll give you a bag of Eminem’s
potty I’ll give you a bag of Eminem’s kid right now and I said yeah it’s it ok
kid right now and I said yeah it’s it ok
kid right now and I said yeah it’s it ok and she walked toward the bodies you
and she walked toward the bodies you
and she walked toward the bodies you went to the bathroom I turn to my wife
went to the bathroom I turn to my wife
went to the bathroom I turn to my wife and I said let the economist analyst you
and I said let the economist analyst you
and I said let the economist analyst you know and indeed for the next couple days
know and indeed for the next couple days
know and indeed for the next couple days it worked to perfection every time she
it worked to perfection every time she
it worked to perfection every time she had to go bathroom she announced it she
had to go bathroom she announced it she
had to go bathroom she announced it she went to the bathroom there’s a lot of
went to the bathroom there’s a lot of
went to the bathroom there’s a lot of fanfare we gave her the M & M’s
fanfare we gave her the M & M’s
fanfare we gave her the M & M’s everything is going great but three days
everything is going great but three days
everything is going great but three days later she said well I have to go to the
later she said well I have to go to the
later she said well I have to go to the bathroom followed her she went trickle
bathroom followed her she went trickle
bathroom followed her she went trickle out a few drops I gave her the mms she
out a few drops I gave her the mms she
out a few drops I gave her the mms she got off she said I have to go again she
got off she said I have to go again she
got off she said I have to go again she sat down to the potty trickle a few more
sat down to the potty trickle a few more
sat down to the potty trickle a few more drops a game of them’s gotta go again
drops a game of them’s gotta go again
drops a game of them’s gotta go again basically in three days she’d gone from
basically in three days she’d gone from
basically in three days she’d gone from someone who could be absolutely no
someone who could be absolutely no
someone who could be absolutely no bladder control to being so you know so
bladder control to being so you know so
bladder control to being so you know so professional at it that that she could
professional at it that that she could
professional at it that that she could control the flow a completely at
control the flow a completely at
control the flow a completely at whim and had a three-year-old I
whim and had a three-year-old I
whim and had a three-year-old I basically come up with a way to beat the
basically come up with a way to beat the
basically come up with a way to beat the incentive scheme i had developed within
incentive scheme i had developed within
incentive scheme i had developed within three days that I never in a million
three days that I never in a million
three days that I never in a million years could have imagined okay and if
years could have imagined okay and if
years could have imagined okay and if you can you know if an economist can
you can you know if an economist can
you can you know if an economist can trick a three-year-old for more than
trick a three-year-old for more than
trick a three-year-old for more than three days what hope does economist have
three days what hope does economist have
three days what hope does economist have a trick in the whole country of people
a trick in the whole country of people
a trick in the whole country of people for for you know even three out so
for for you know even three out so
for for you know even three out so that’s kind of the beauty of incentives
that’s kind of the beauty of incentives
that’s kind of the beauty of incentives you don’t really know what works and
you don’t really know what works and
you don’t really know what works and governments think they know what works
governments think they know what works
governments think they know what works and they spend a huge amount of
and they spend a huge amount of
and they spend a huge amount of resources establishing incentives and
resources establishing incentives and
resources establishing incentives and they’re gonna do all these things that
they’re gonna do all these things that
they’re gonna do all these things that seem to make a lot of sense and that
seem to make a lot of sense and that
seem to make a lot of sense and that sound really great and may work out well
sound really great and may work out well
sound really great and may work out well in some measure but they’re gonna
in some measure but they’re gonna
in some measure but they’re gonna backfire in so many different ways that
backfire in so many different ways that
backfire in so many different ways that we can’t predict yet and people will
we can’t predict yet and people will
we can’t predict yet and people will laugh and people will crime and that’s
laugh and people will crime and that’s
laugh and people will crime and that’s what incentives are
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