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A review by geneluigi
Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
3.0
Good: a pretty interesting introduction to choice architecture and the basics. It has funny stories and it also makes a point on how "willpower" is just simply B.S.
He has a good point on several ideas to improve people's pool of choices, but I don't think the authors know how it works when you actually have to sit on the table with a politician and explain why something matters. And in the same way, I don't think that many people in the advocacy world know for real how psycho-social interventions work.
Also: It made me think a lot about the limitations of nudges in the public health area and how to link them with policies.
Bad-ish: if you're not from the U.S, it's hard to relate to the vast majority of the examples.
Ugly: Again, it seems like they forgot that Skinner, Bijou, Baer and other cool folks contributed a huge lot to the behavioral part of "behavioral economics"
He has a good point on several ideas to improve people's pool of choices, but I don't think the authors know how it works when you actually have to sit on the table with a politician and explain why something matters. And in the same way, I don't think that many people in the advocacy world know for real how psycho-social interventions work.
Also: It made me think a lot about the limitations of nudges in the public health area and how to link them with policies.
Bad-ish: if you're not from the U.S, it's hard to relate to the vast majority of the examples.
Ugly: Again, it seems like they forgot that Skinner, Bijou, Baer and other cool folks contributed a huge lot to the behavioral part of "behavioral economics"