Nudge Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Name: Nudge Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness
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ISBN: 9780143115267

ISBN-10: 014311526X

ISBN-13: 9780143115267

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Authors: Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein

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Nudgeis about choices—how we make them and how we can make better ones. Authors Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein offer a new perspective on preventing the countless mistakes we make— including ill-advised personal investments, consumption of unhealthy foods, neglect of our natural resources, and other bad decisions. Citing decades of cutting-edge behavioral science research, they demonstrate that sensible “choice architecture”can successfully nudge people towards the best decisions without restricting their freedom of choice. S straightforward, informative, and entertaining, this is a must-read for anyone with interest in our individual and collective well-being.

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 2/24/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Humans and Econs



Biases and Blunders



Resisting Temptation



Following the Herd



When Do We Need a Nudge?



Choice Architecture



Money



Save More Tomorrow



Naï¿½ve Investing



Credit Markets



Privatizing Social Security: Smorgasbord Style



Health



Prescription Drugs: Part D for Daunting



How to Increase Organ Donations



Saving the Planet



Freedom



Improving School Choices



Should Patients Be Forced to Buy Lottery Tickets?



Privatizing Marriage



Extensions and Objections



A Dozen Nudges



Objections



The Real Third Way



Bonus Chapter: Twenty More Nudges


Postscript: November 2008


Notes


Bibliography


Index