ID | 012564 |
Call Number | 330.019/THA |
Title Proper | Nudge |
Other Title Information | Improving decisions about health, wealth and happiness |
Language | ENG |
Author | Thaler, Richard H. ; Sunstein, Cass R. |
Publication | London, Penguin Books, 2009. |
Description | x, 310p Red Spine |
Note | 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 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. They 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 |
Note | Acknowledgements Introduction Humans and Econs -Biases and blunders -Resisting Temptation -Following the Herd -When Do We Need a Nudge? -Choice Architecture Money -Save More Tomorrow -Naive 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 Postscript: The financial crisis of 2008 Notes Bibliography Index |
Standard Number | 9780141040011 |
Price. Qualification | £9.99(Pb) |
Classification Number | 330.019 |
Key Words | IGCSE ; Economics - Psychological aspects ; Choice (Psychology) - Economic aspects ; Decision making - Psychological aspects |