Humans Are Overrated (with Christine Webb)
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We'd love to hear from you. Today is July 27, 2025, and my guest is Privatologist. and author Christine Webb of New York University. She's the author of The Arrogant Ape, The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters, which is our topic for today. Christine, welcome to Econ Talk.
Thanks so much for having me. Why do you call human beings arrogant apes? So The arrogant ape is a catchy phrase. I think there's alliteration there.
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