NUDGE: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Signed by Richard H. Thaler.

Thaler, Richard H.; Cass R. Sunstein

ISBN 10: 0300122233 / ISBN 13: 9780300122237

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2008

About this Item

x, 293 pages including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding is bumped on the lower corners and on several edges, and has a bump on the spine. The unclipped dustjacket has several small creases, and is slightly rubbed at the extremities; protected in archival Mylar. The text is clean and unmarked. Signed by Richard Thaler on the front endpaper in black marker with no further inscription. First edition, 4th printing. In 2017, Thaler was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to behavioral economics. Size: Octavo (8vo).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NUDGE: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Signed by Richard H. Thaler.
• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, CT
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300122233
• ISBN 13: 9780300122237
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition, later printing.
• Condition: Very good condition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good+ condition (DJ)
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis

Every day we make decisions on topics ranging from the personal investments we select to the schools we pick for our children to the foods we eat to the causes we champion. Unfortunately, as authors Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein astutely observe, we don't always choose well. The reason, the authors explain, is that we all are susceptible to cognitive biases and blunders that make us human, fallible, and prone to error. Thaler and Sunstein invite us to enter an alternative world, one that recognizes our humanness as a given. They show that the way we think can be used to our advantage: it is possible to design environments that make it more likely for us to act in our own interests. Using colourful examples from all aspects of life, Thaler and Sunstein demonstrate how 'choice architecture' can be established to nudge us in beneficial directions without restricting the full menu of choices available to us. Nudge offers a unique new take, from neither the left nor the right, on many current issues, and is one of the most engaging and provocative books to come along in years.

About the Author

Richard H. Thaler is the Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. Cass R. Sunstein is Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Chicago Law School.