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Nudge : improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness / Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein.
Publication details: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c2008.Description: x, 293 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780300122237 (hbk.) :
- 0300122233 :
- HB74.P8 T53 2008
Contents:
Summary: Thaler and Sunstein offer a groundbreaking discussion of how to apply the science of choice to nudge people toward decisions that can improve their lives without restricting their freedom of choice.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Humans and econs -- 1. Biases and blunders -- 2. Resisting temptation -- 3. Following the herd -- 4. When do we need a nudge? -- 5. Choice architecture -- pt. 2. Money -- 6. Save more tomorrow -- 7. Naive investing -- 8. Credit markets -- 9. Privatizing Social Security : smorgasbord style -- pt. 3. Health -- 10. Prescription drugs : Part D for daunting -- 11. How to increase organ donations -- 12. Saving the planet -- pt. 4. Freedom -- 13. Improving school choices -- 14. Should patients be forced to buy lottery tickets? -- 15. Privatizing marriage -- pt. 5. Extensions and objections -- 16. A dozen nudges -- 17. Objections -- 18. The real third way -- Notes -- Bibliography-- Index.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | HB 74 .P8 T53 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 602461 |
"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-282) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Humans and econs -- 1. Biases and blunders -- 2. Resisting temptation -- 3. Following the herd -- 4. When do we need a nudge? -- 5. Choice architecture -- pt. 2. Money -- 6. Save more tomorrow -- 7. Naive investing -- 8. Credit markets -- 9. Privatizing Social Security : smorgasbord style -- pt. 3. Health -- 10. Prescription drugs : Part D for daunting -- 11. How to increase organ donations -- 12. Saving the planet -- pt. 4. Freedom -- 13. Improving school choices -- 14. Should patients be forced to buy lottery tickets? -- 15. Privatizing marriage -- pt. 5. Extensions and objections -- 16. A dozen nudges -- 17. Objections -- 18. The real third way -- Notes -- Bibliography-- Index.
Thaler and Sunstein offer a groundbreaking discussion of how to apply the science of choice to nudge people toward decisions that can improve their lives without restricting their freedom of choice.
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