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Sunstein and Thaler's book Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness,1 described a fictional species, Econs. Econs are perfectly rational humans. They optimise their pensions, they read the small print, and they never procrastinate. They are the citizens governments dream of...

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Main Author: Savulescu, Julian (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2017
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 43, Issue: 3, Pages: 135-136
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