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Book 2009

Nudge

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Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
English
Published
2009
  • Business
  • Choice (Psychology)
  • Consumer behavior
  • Decision making
  • Economic aspects
  • Economics
  • Nonfiction
  • Psychological aspects

Thaler and Sunstein develop libertarian paternalism as a middle path between command-and-control and strict-neutrality choice architectures. Libertarian paternalism protects humans against their damaging psychological traits (inertia, bounded rationality, undue influence) by exploiting those habits to nudge people into making better choices.