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All You Need Is Nudge (Update)

February 18, 2026·57 min·6-min readnarrativescience
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This episode revisits Richard Thaler’s influential book Nudge, exploring how behavioral economics can improve decisions about health, wealth, and happiness by reshaping the environments in which people make choices. Thaler, a Nobel laureate, argues that small, non-coercive changes—nudge

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Richard Thaler

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Richard ThalerCass SunsteinWilliam NordhausRebecca Brown

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