21. Big choice, bad decisions 1: The problem

Modern life in the West means near unlimited options for every possible decision, but is this actually a good thing? Or is choice overload making us poorer and eroding our happiness. Dr Sheena Iyengar of Columbia Business School has done research on this with some fascinating results. Martha and Alex delve into choice in the first of a two-parter.


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