Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-02-17
Chris Williamson & Rory Sutherland: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom (Feb 2025)
The Hidden Marketing Forces Guiding Your Every Choice - Rory Sutherland (4K)
Rory Sutherland recommended The Silo Effect by Gillian Tett, and discussed The Trading Game by Gary Stevenson and The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century by John Kay.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Trading Game
Discussed“Now one thing I thought was extraordinarily interesting as an idea is you you know that chap who who was it who wrote the trading game Gary St Gary Stevenson he makes a very valid Point okay whatever whatever else you think which is that nearly all economic models use single representative agents to populate the models which is they”
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The Silo Effect
Recommended“and it's very similar to you know the the phenomenon that Jillian T spotted um I don't know if you read the silo effect have you had Jillian on the show”
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The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century
Discussed“it's only a small passage in John K's book The Corporation of the 21st century which is his attack largely the whole book is an attack on the idea of the shareholder value movement”
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