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Nudge: The Final Edition

Improving Decisions About Money, Health, and the Environment

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Nudge: The Final Edition

By: Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
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Summary

Since the original publication of Nudge more than a decade ago, the title has entered the vocabulary of businesspeople, policy makers, engaged citizens, and consumers everywhere. The book has given rise to more than 200 "nudge units" in governments around the world and countless groups of behavioral scientists in every part of the economy. It has taught us how to use thoughtful "choice architecture" - a concept the authors invented - to help us make better decisions for ourselves, our families, and our society.

Now, the authors have rewritten the book from cover to cover, making use of their experiences in and out of government over the past dozen years as well as an explosion of new research in numerous academic disciplines. To commit themselves to never undertaking this daunting task again, they are calling this the "final edition". It offers a wealth of new insights, for both its avowed fans and newcomers to the field, about a wide variety of issues that we face in our daily lives - COVID-19, health, personal finance, retirement savings, credit card debt, home mortgages, medical care, organ donation, climate change, and "sludge" (paperwork and other nuisances we don't want and that keep us from getting what we do want) - all while honoring one of the cardinal rules of nudging: make it fun!

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Enlightening book on human behaviour. Particularly enjoyed this updated version.

I would enjoy sitting down to dinner with both authors; they have my sense of humour!

And, unlike a previous reviewer, I thought Sean Pratt narrated perfectly; spot on intonation and conveyed the authors’ points of view in an easy to listen manner.

One of my favourite non fiction listens!

Marvellous book

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Interesting to rehear the philosophy and practice of nudging and how the authors feel about it years later

A good build on the original book

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Great examples to highlight use of nudge and sludge! I am proned to sleep walking into defaults as it’s easy and will look out for them more cautiously! Thanks

Nudge not sludge

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I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. I've not been an Audible user for very long, but of my various non-fiction listens this has probably been my favourite.

Firstly, the content is interesting and the positions are well argued. I found it very hard to disagree with anything ... yes there are points of public policy where I'd probably want to see a different approach to the one they recommend, but they aren't thinking that nudges (ways of influencing decisions WITHOUT removing options or making any of the options especially difficult to select) or that their specific recommended nudges, are a panacea for all problems ... but that they are a useful tool in the arsenal of everyone who has any means for influencing decisions.

Topics include self-nudging (ways we can improve our own decisions and behaviour), choice architecture, the selection of "default" options, financial decision making (credit cards, mortgages and pension plans for the most part), organ donation, climate change and numerous others.

If this doesn't sound especially interesting, I understand. But the reading by Sean Pratt brings out a wry sense of humour from the authors and I think they'd be very pleased with it. The result is a thoroughly engaging listen.

I'll be looking out for more from content from the team behind this great audiobook.

Great Content, Wonderfully Read

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This is a very interesting book. it is especially relevant for those who were pilloried during covid. The UK nudge dept showed the worst way to use the skills. Some great good examples esp pensions. A small personal gripe at the all too common inclusion of left leaning diatribe on the usual social political issues. Not sure why all authors now feel the need to demonstrate their social credentials
Well worth the listen though.

Confirms what we know about good and bad nudges

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