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Book Review: Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness

Started by Kevin D · 8 months ago

Nudge is a book which, in the 24 hours since I purchased it, has transformed how I think about the world. Co-authored by two University of Chicago professors, behavioral economist Richard Thaler and lawyer Cass Sunstein, Nudge brings a superb policy approach to the table. Although the name i ... Continue reading »

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Nelson
11 months ago

In the last line, you mean Sunstein, not Sunstain. I would expect a sunstain to be something like a sunspot, only more permanent.

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Kevin
11 months ago

Haha good point. Proofreading is boring and I often quit half-way through...

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Will
11 months ago

This sounds really appealing. Like you, I'm torn between a love for democracy and disappointment with what democracy sometimes produces.

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chris kelley
11 months ago

Thanks for blogging about this. Read a little piece about it in WSJ or Newsweek and thought it was fascinating how smart minds can do little things to educate the less educated. Your buddy from Indonesia was also recently mentioned in the WSJ from 7/30 or 7/31. It referenced the Gates foundation trying to imitate his successes with local banking, etc in developing nations as part of its efforts to eliminate poverty. Feature article in WSJ, don't know if you have access though.

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