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Think about the last time you were in a crowded metro station. Did you consciously decide what to do, or did you simply follow what everyone else was doing?
Public policy often assumes people are rational actors. But behaviour is shaped by something far more human: norms that tell us what others expect, habits that run on autopilot, and incentives that reward or punish us.
In this episode, Arindam Goswami and Shreya Ramakrishnan unpack how these three forces interact to shape everyday behaviour, from queueing and traffic to littering and public transport. Drawing on behavioural science and real-world examples, they explore why rules alone often fail, especially in low-trust environments like India, and what it takes to design policies that actually work
All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/research-areas
Check out our public policy courses here: https://school.takshashila.org.in
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Think about the last time you were in a crowded metro station. Did you consciously decide what to do, or did you simply follow what everyone else was doing?
Public policy often assumes people are rational actors. But behaviour is shaped by something far more human: norms that tell us what others expect, habits that run on autopilot, and incentives that reward or punish us.
In this episode, Arindam Goswami and Shreya Ramakrishnan unpack how these three forces interact to shape everyday behaviour, from queueing and traffic to littering and public transport. Drawing on behavioural science and real-world examples, they explore why rules alone often fail, especially in low-trust environments like India, and what it takes to design policies that actually work
All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/research-areas
Check out our public policy courses here: https://school.takshashila.org.in

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