Thaler and Sunstein on newsprint, airwaves, and blogs
Journalists across the web are giving a nudge–I mean, a nod–to Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, authors of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness.
Thaler and Sunstein wrote an op-ed for the Boston Globe, discussing the importance of behavioral economics in policymaking. The Wall Street Journal’s Real Time Economics blog pointed their readers towards that article in the Globe.
Newsweek’s story Dieting for Dollars began with an anecdote from Thaler and Sunstein’s Nudge about two economics grads who gambled on their weight.
On Thursday, while Sunstein guest-blogged for The Volokh Conspiracy in a post titled “Give More Tomorrow and Choice Architecture,” Thaler spoke on The Leonard Lopate Show about “How to Choose Wisely.” You can download Thaler’s segment, or listen with the audio player below.
