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Janice Stein on When Being Rational Is Irrational

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 01:05:36
Publish Date: 2026-02-24 12:05:00
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Janice Gross Stein is the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and Founding Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Janice Stein discuss whether rational choice theory has led us astray in understanding political behavior, why voters have lost interest in nuclear deterrence, and why cooperation, not rationality, is important in global politics.

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