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Nudge

Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness [Expanded Edition]

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Nudge

By: Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
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 Every day, we make decisions on topics ranging from personal investments to schools for our children to the meals we eat to the causes we champion. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. The reason, the authors explain, is that, being human, we are all susceptible to various biases that can lead us to blunder.

Our mistakes make us poorer and less healthy; we often make bad decisions involving education, personal finance, health care, mortgages and credit cards, the family, and even the planet itself.

Thaler and Sunstein invite us to enter an alternative world, one that takes our humanness as a given. 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.

Using colorful examples from the most important aspects of life, Thaler and Sunstein demonstrate how thoughtful "choice architecture" can be established to nudge us in beneficial directions without restricting freedom of choice. Nudge offers a unique new take - from neither the left nor the right - on many hot-button issues, for individuals and governments alike. This is one of the most engaging and provocative audiobooks to come along in many years.

Included in this recording are a bonus chapter and a Postscript that was added in the paperback edition.

©2009 Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein (P)2009 Gildan Media Corp Personal Development Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Sociology Stress Management
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very useful to understand how I am nudged and how to effectively nice myself! Love it!

fantastic and informative!

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I read this book because a recommendation. totally worth it, keen to look for more about this topic

it's a must

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very informative and insightful. only issue was that the file is glitchy at the end, had to re-download it 6 times to get through the last 30 min.

very informative

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All case studies and examples in this book are from the US so may not be directly relatable if you're from another country. I listened to "thinking fast and slow" before this book and the author Daniel Kahneman have mentioned a few of the same studies mentioned in this book

Completely US-centric

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I found this book to be fascinating and thought-provoking. The authors, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, provide numerous examples of how subtle cues often influence people's decisions in their environments and how these nudges can be used to improve outcomes in various areas of life.

As someone who has also read Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow", I found that "Nudge" had a similar approach to understanding how people make decisions. However, "Nudge" takes a more practical and applied approach, providing specific examples of how nudges can be used in real-world situations to help people make better decisions.

One of the things I appreciated about "Nudge" was the authors' recognition that people often make decisions that are not in their best interest, despite their best intentions. The book provides practical strategies for designing environments that make it easier for people to make choices that align with their goals and values.

Overall, I highly recommend "Nudge" to anyone interested in understanding how people make decisions and how we can use this knowledge to improve outcomes in areas such as health, wealth, and happiness. If you enjoyed "Thinking, Fast and Slow", you'll likely find "Nudge" to be a valuable complement to your understanding of behavioural economics.

Highly recommend

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