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The Power of Vanity

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Could ego inflation be a quick route to changing our behaviour? Rory Sutherland explores how psycho-logical hacks can be used to boost the value of desirable actions, as well as looking at the role shaming can take when the vanity card fails.

Produced by Michael Surcombe for BBC Wales Show less

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