211. The Economics of Sleep, Part 1

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It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of sleep, people, it's, including: Ever invested in something that didn't live up to the hype?.

1. 01And high blood pressure develops earlier in adult life for African Americans compared to whites
2. 02But even James, who's run study after study, who's an expert on African American health, admits that none of this is conclusive
3. 03That's because we, as a society, don't run big randomized controlled trials on people's health to prove what does what