Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

304 pages

English language

Published March 25, 2008

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978-0-300-12223-7
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4 stars (2 reviews)

Thaler and Sunstein develop libertarian paternalism as a middle path between command-and-control and strict-neutrality choice architectures. Libertarian paternalism protects humans against their damaging psychological traits (inertia, bounded rationality, undue influence) by exploiting those habits to nudge people into making better choices.

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4 stars

It's a good solid book written by economists who clearly point out that most people don't make good economic decisions by default, possibly because they are not "econs" as the book pits it.

Mostly focuses on the goverwmtal programs and health insurance, and is very pragmatic in approach.