Book Titles

Nudge
The Final Edition

By Cass Sunstein, Richard Thaler

Year Published: 2021
ISBN-13: 978-0300262285
Categories: Choices, Decision Making, Options

24 Quotes Found

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Nudge:

…apparently insignificant details can have major impacts on people’s behavior. A good rule of thumb is to assume that everything matters.

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Thousands of studies confirm that human forecasts are flawed and biased. Human decision making is not so great either.

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Generally, people make good choices in contexts in which they have lots of experience, good information, and prompt feedback…

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Freedom to choose is the best safeguard against bad choice architecture.

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Unrealistic optimism is a pervasive feature of human life; it characterizes most people in most social categories.

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…choices depend, in part, on the way in which problems are described.

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In economics (and in ordinary life), a basic principle is that you can never be made worse off by having more options, because you can always turn them down.

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Markets provide strong incentives for firms to cater to the demands of consumers, and firms will compete to meet those demands, whether or not those demands represent the wisest choices.

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…consistent and unwavering people, in the private or public sector, can move groups and practices in their preferred direction.

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Once a practice has become established, it can be perpetuated, even if there is no reason for it.

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