New York Times bloggers “Freaking” out for Nudge
On the Freakonomics blog at the New York Times, Annika Mengisen admitted that she and fellow-blogger Steven Levitt can’t stop reading Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein. The Freakonomics team invited Thaler and Sunstein for a Q&A, which can be read here.
This interview follows Levitt’s enthusiastic review for Nudge a few days ago. Levitt, one of the authors behind the book Freakonomics, was just too eager to share Nudge with his readers–even before finishing it.
“I’m halfway through it,” says Levitt. “And this is a book I love.”
He goes on to say, “Picking and choosing a few examples can’t convey what is most surprising about the book: it is really fun to read. Academics aren’t supposed to be able to write this well.”
In the comments section, Freakonomics readers have shared Levitt’s and Mengisen’s excitement:
“You’ve nudged me. I’m going to go buy the book now,” posted Charles D.
“I can’t wait to get this book!” JP agreed.
Read an excerpt from the book, view the table of contents, or check out the Nudges blog.