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Nudge : improving decisions using the architecture of choice

Offering a groundbreaking study of the application of the science of choice, a guide that uses colorful 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.
Print Book, English, 2008
Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 2008
pages cm
9780300122237, 0300122233
214306339
Acknowledgmentsix
Introduction1(16)
PART I HUMANS AND ECONS
Biases and Blunders
17(23)
Resisting Temptation
40(13)
Following the Herd
53(19)
When Do We Need a Nudge?
72(9)
Choice Architecture
81(22)
PART II MONEY
Save More Tomorrow
103(15)
Naive Investing
118(14)
Credit Markets
132(13)
Privatizing Social Security: Smorgasbord Style
145(14)
PART III HEALTH
Prescription Drugs: Part D for Daunting
159(16)
How to Increase Organ Donations
175(8)
Saving the Planet
183(16)
PART IV FREEDOM
Improving School Choices
199(8)
Should Patients Be Forced to Buy Lottery Tickets?
207(8)
Privatizing Marriage
215(14)
PART V EXTENSIONS AND OBJECTIONS
A Dozen Nudges
229(7)
Objections
236(16)
The Real Third Way
252(3)
Notes255(8)
Bibliography263(20)
Index283