Dept. of Human Behavior | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

Public opinion polls show that the majority of Americans are pessimistic about the U.S. economy. But our perception of our economic well-being, and our sense of "heroes" and "villains" responsible for the economic downturn, are often shaped by unexpected factors. Journalist Shankar Vedantam joins Kojo to discuss surprising research on humans as economic actors.