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This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Coco Krumme to discuss her book Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization.
In the Plus segment: The story in Felix’s newsletter today on why the city of Birmingham in the UK has gone bankrupt.
Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Coco Krumme to discuss her book Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization.
In the Plus segment: The story in Felix’s newsletter today on why the city of Birmingham in the UK has gone bankrupt.
Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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