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NYC BookWorm rated it

14 years ago

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I couldn't continue to subject myself to a man referring to a 'normal society' as Homer Simpsons. When he started out by explaining to the reader (me) what a footnote is he lost my respect. I can't take seriously a person who can't treat his audience as his equal. I see his point, and it's true, we ...

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saugat rated it

15 years ago

text Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Much of the content is repetitive if one has read other behavioral economics books. But the authors' takes on Marriage (Privatizing), Savings, Green taxes, etc were new and thought-provoking

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paigeawesome rated it

15 years ago

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3.5 stars. I would say "I liked it," not "I really liked it." These guys are pretty smart, and their points are well argued & developed. I don't really know if it lived up to its title much, it didn't really deal with IMPROVING health much, and it didn't mention happiness much at all (although I gue...

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