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Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard H. Thaler

bub_9's review against another edition

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4.0

This is not only enormously insightful, but genuinely a fun piece of writing that also illuminates the world of academic economics in a self-deprecating (though not annoyingly so) fashion.

sujithpadar's review against another edition

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4.0

It was fascinating to understand how the knowledge of "humans" being irrational, is shaping up the modern economic theory. It is easy to see the links between behaviour economics and user centred design and psychology.

pcothenet's review against another edition

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3.0

Entertaining but not fundamental.

cptcheerful's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

saskiap1994's review against another edition

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4.0

Really interesting read if you are interested in psychology or behavioral sciences.
It was a tad tedious sometimes, and the vocabulary was not always on the easy side either, but it opened my eyes to how people can behave so differently with respect to similar things.

runforrestrun's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

4.0

kamila23's review against another edition

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slow-paced

3.5

jaredyong13's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

verdaria's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring

3.0

alia22's review against another edition

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4.0

It's easy to understand... But I wish Thaler had used more critical thought in this book (even though I know it's aimed at the general public and it's not a journal article). The result was kind of lackluster. Would probably give it a 3.5 but rounded up because it's at least refreshing for an academic to write in a digestible way.