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Nudge is about choices how we make them and how we can make better ones. Slate nudge helps us understand our weaknesses, and suggests savvy ways to counter them. Thaler and sunstein reminisce at their favorite hyde park lunch spot, noodles, where they say they did some of their best work on the book. Using dozens of eyeopening examples and drawing on decades of behavioral science research, nobel prize winner richard h. It is a book that people interested in politics should read. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Pdf on nov 1, 2010, joel anderson and others published nudge. By knowing how people think, we can make it easier for them to choose what is best for them, their families and society. You may not realise it, but as a result of its findings youre likely to live longer, retire richer and maybe even save other peoples lives the times from cass r. From the winner of the nobel prize in economics, richard h. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read nudge. It is a book that people interested in any aspect of public policy should read. Improving decisions about health, wealth and happiness 01 by thaler, richard h, sunstein, cass r isbn.
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Cass robert sunstein fba born september 21, 1954 is an american legal scholar, particularly in the fields of constitutional law, administrative law, environmental law, and law and behavioral economics, and the new york times bestselling author of the world according to star wars 2016 and nudge 2008. He recently made his debut on four minute books the wonderful, but totally unrelated the world according to star wars. The principles that nudge introduces have such wideranging application. Nudge is about how we make these choices and how we can make better ones. But the most important characteristic i admire and love about a book, is its ability to make something simple and understandable. Improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness is a book written by university of chicago economist richard h. Sunstein 2009, paperback at the best online prices at ebay.
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Unlike classical economic theory, where people are fully rational and always do things in their best interest, we are really lazy, uninformed, and unmotivated. Sunstein show that no choice is ever presented to us in a neutral way, and that we are all susceptible. A nudge is a way of organizing and presenting choices that alters peoples behavior in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives, according to sunstein and thaler. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Well written, witty to the point of being charming, consistently interesting, disarmingly selfreferential, and loaded with crisp summaries of the. Using dozens of eyeopening examples the authors demonstrate how to nudge us in the right directions, without restricting our freedom of. They show that by knowing how people think, we can design choice environments that make it easier for people to choose what is best for themselves, their families, and their society. Thaler and sunstein have written an important book. Improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness by sunstein, cass r.
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