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  • Nudge: The Final Edition

  • Improving Decisions About Money, Health, and the Environment
  • By: Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
  • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
  • Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (240 ratings)

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Summary

Since the original publication of Nudge more than a decade ago, the title has entered the vocabulary of businesspeople, policy makers, engaged citizens, and consumers everywhere. The book has given rise to more than 200 "nudge units" in governments around the world and countless groups of behavioral scientists in every part of the economy. It has taught us how to use thoughtful "choice architecture" - a concept the authors invented - to help us make better decisions for ourselves, our families, and our society.

Now, the authors have rewritten the book from cover to cover, making use of their experiences in and out of government over the past dozen years as well as an explosion of new research in numerous academic disciplines. To commit themselves to never undertaking this daunting task again, they are calling this the "final edition". It offers a wealth of new insights, for both its avowed fans and newcomers to the field, about a wide variety of issues that we face in our daily lives - COVID-19, health, personal finance, retirement savings, credit card debt, home mortgages, medical care, organ donation, climate change, and "sludge" (paperwork and other nuisances we don't want and that keep us from getting what we do want) - all while honoring one of the cardinal rules of nudging: make it fun!

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©2008, 2009, 2021 Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein (P)2021 Gildan Media

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Great Content, Wonderfully Read

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. I've not been an Audible user for very long, but of my various non-fiction listens this has probably been my favourite.

Firstly, the content is interesting and the positions are well argued. I found it very hard to disagree with anything ... yes there are points of public policy where I'd probably want to see a different approach to the one they recommend, but they aren't thinking that nudges (ways of influencing decisions WITHOUT removing options or making any of the options especially difficult to select) or that their specific recommended nudges, are a panacea for all problems ... but that they are a useful tool in the arsenal of everyone who has any means for influencing decisions.

Topics include self-nudging (ways we can improve our own decisions and behaviour), choice architecture, the selection of "default" options, financial decision making (credit cards, mortgages and pension plans for the most part), organ donation, climate change and numerous others.

If this doesn't sound especially interesting, I understand. But the reading by Sean Pratt brings out a wry sense of humour from the authors and I think they'd be very pleased with it. The result is a thoroughly engaging listen.

I'll be looking out for more from content from the team behind this great audiobook.

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Compelling

The call for climate action is practical, logical and may just make a difference. An overall insightful work that is sure to make you think.

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Nudge not sludge

Great examples to highlight use of nudge and sludge! I am proned to sleep walking into defaults as it’s easy and will look out for them more cautiously! Thanks

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Overall a good use of your credit

Interesting book with lots of interesting insights. Narrator doesn’t sound like a robot and text seemed to be narrated faithfully.

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Interesting but a bit dry

Enjoyed it. Only caviat was that the stories within were a bit dry sometimes.

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Behaviour social science is fascinating

Is a macro understanding of the way humans respond to prompts and steering. An Analysis way government and business can improve life through nudging .

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Fascinating

I found this book riveting, as to my knowledge it stands alone in its genre. The evidence for the social benefit that can be derived from ‘liberal paternalism’ (for all its tongue-in-cheek use) is compelling, and managers at all levels should consider some of the positive nudges, such as work pension scheme default options, to. E edit their employees.

I found Sean Pratt’s narration very easy to listen to, and his wry humour matches the authors’ style. Moreover, I was left with the impression that he himself understood the book and is bought into its tenets.

Much recommended!

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Insightful book on usage of behavioral nudges

The book speaks to different types of nudges that have been employed to motivate or encourage people to partake in a certain behaviour. It's a good way to see how to better design or avoid badly designed products. The chapter on sludge was particularly interesting. There were some aspects that appeared overly lengthy such as the last two chapters. Audible performance was ok.

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Marvellous book

Enlightening book on human behaviour. Particularly enjoyed this updated version.

I would enjoy sitting down to dinner with both authors; they have my sense of humour!

And, unlike a previous reviewer, I thought Sean Pratt narrated perfectly; spot on intonation and conveyed the authors’ points of view in an easy to listen manner.

One of my favourite non fiction listens!

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Nudge for good

Really enjoyed listening to this and the examples are so helpful for thinking about better design and policy. Thought the ‘slippery slope’ section was really helpful in helping to counter narratives against good choice architecture.

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