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-We see through this data that if economics fails to account for the power of social norms, it cannot accurately portray the decision making process of human beings.
+*The United States passed many laws and Britain did not.  Why?
+**US
+***Nationalisms and patriotism used to gain momentum
+****Individual and political agendas helped drive the movement
-<p align="center">As George Akerlof stated:</p>
+***Racism
+****immigration
-'''"People tend to be happy when they live up to how they think they should be; and they are, correspondingly, unhappy when they fail to live up to those norms."'''
+**Britain
+***Classism
+****Class struggle
+****Working class was singled out
+***The players were not politically motivated because of the class divide
+**Timing
+***US: Early 1900s
+***Britain: Late 1920s at the heels of Nazi movement\
+**Religion
+***Not much of factor in the US
+***Catholics joined with Labor party to create a coalition against sterilization
+*Movies
+**Rabbit Proof Fence
+**Gattaca
+*Opinion