Nudge: The Final Edition
Improving Decisions About Money, Health, and the Environment
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Narrated by:
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Sean Pratt
About this listen
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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©2008, 2009, 2021 Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein (P)2021 Gildan MediaNudge not sludge
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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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A good build on the original book
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The first two sections may be most useful, with the first addressing the characteristics of human behaviour that make nudging possible or necessary. The second section explores how to nudge, exploring concepts such as choice architecture. Those wanting to learn how to Nudge will get direct instruction here. Both sections are clear and informative, although comparatively brief to other texts such as Cialdini's Persuasion which devotes an entire book to the psychology covered here in a few one hour chapters.
Outside of these two sections, the book is mostly concerned with the ethics of nudging, and dealing with critical responses to the idea of nudging that have developed over the ~20 years since Nudge was first published.
The second half of the text focuses on two major economic issues that we all face: finance and climate change. Each gets a section of a few chapters that makes for an extended case study, drawing together the thinking and theory in the first two sections.
Throughout the text, the authors frequently take time to defend their positions, correct misconceptions, and address their critics. This sometimes feels irrelevant to those that support their notion of 'libertarian paternalism', however in doing so useful evidence and examples of 'good nudging' is given, exemplifying good practice, and communicating the essence of what good nudging is.
The performer adds some interesting flavour to the book through some choices of inflection. At times he sounds a bit like an irreverent, or irritated, student, but perhaps this is exactly how the authors feel having received both a Nobel prize and a tonne of criticism for their labours.
A key text for Behavioural Science
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Interesting ideas for benevolent influence
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