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Nudge : improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness / Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein.
Offering a study of the application of the science of choice, a guide that uses examples from all aspects of life demonstrates how it is possible to design environments that make it more likely for us to act in our own interests.
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- ISBN: 9780143115267 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 014311526X (pbk.)
- Physical Description: viii, 312 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2009.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-302) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Biases and blunders -- Resisting temptation -- Following the herd -- When do we need a nudge? -- Choice architecture -- Save more tomorrow -- Naive investing -- Credit markets -- Privatizing social security : Smorgasboard style -- Prescription drugs, Part D for daunting -- How to increase organ donations -- Saving the planet -- Improving school choices -- Should patients be forced to buy lottery tickets? -- Privatizing marriage -- A dozen nudges -- Objections -- The real third way -- Bonus chapter : twenty more nudges -- Postscript : November 2008. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | HB 74 .P8 T53 2009 | 30540245 | General Collection | Available | - |