The Ethics of Influence
Government in the Age of Behavioral Science
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Cass R. Sunstein
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In recent years, 'nudge units' or 'behavioral insights teams' have been created in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and other nations. All over the world, public officials are using the behavioral sciences to protect the environment, promote employment and economic growth, reduce poverty and increase national security.
In this book, Cass R. Sunstein, the eminent legal scholar and best-selling coauthor of Nudge (2008), breaks new ground with a deep yet highly listenable investigation into the ethical issues surrounding nudges, choice architecture and mandates, addressing such issues as welfare, autonomy, self-government, dignity, manipulation and the constraints and responsibilities of an ethical state.
Complementing the ethical discussion, The Ethics of Influence: Government in the Age of Behavioral Science contains a wealth of new data on people's attitudes towards a broad range of nudges, choice architecture and mandates.
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First published in September 2005 and based on a series of lectures delivered at Harvard, Active Liberty is a tight, extremely readable, almost memoir-like guide to interpreting the Constitution. Written by a justice of the Supreme Court, it focuses on a pragmatic approach to this great document that may become crucial as the Supreme Court faces deeply divisive decisions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging, If Somewhat Dense
- De Maki en 09-04-07
De: Stephen Breyer
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Moral Politics
- How Liberals and Conservatives Think, 3rd Edition
- De: George Lakoff
- Narrado por: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Duración: 13 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 75
When Moral Politics was first published two decades ago, it redefined how Americans think and talk about politics through the lens of cognitive political psychology. Today, George Lakoff's classic text has become all the more relevant, as liberals and conservatives have come to hold even more vigorously opposed views of the world, with the underlying assumptions of their respective worldviews at the level of basic morality.
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4 out of 5 stars
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extremely insightful. awful to get through.
- De Dave en 05-09-18
De: George Lakoff
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Losing Ground
- American Social Policy, 1950 - 1980
- De: Charles Murray
- Narrado por: Robert Morris
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 316
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Beginning in the 1950s, America entered a period of unprecedented social reform. This remarkable book demonstrates how the social programs of the 1960s and ’70s had the unintended and perverse effect of slowing and even reversing earlier progress in reducing poverty, crime, ignorance, and discrimination. Using widely understood and accepted data, it conclusively demonstrates that the amalgam of reforms from 1965 to 1970 actually made matters worse.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A great book ruined by a terrible recording
- De Michael en 04-05-13
De: Charles Murray
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Libertarianism
- What Everyone Needs to Know
- De: Jason Brennan
- Narrado por: Nicholas Ramsey
- Duración: 6 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Historically, Americans have seen libertarians as far outside the mainstream, but with the rise of the Tea Party movement, libertarian principles have risen to the forefront of Republican politics. But libertarianism is more than the philosophy of individual freedom and unfettered markets that Republicans have embraced. Indeed, as Jason Brennan points out, libertarianism is a quite different - and far richer - system of thought than most of us suspect. In this timely new entry in Oxford's acclaimed series What Everyone Needs to Know, Brennan offers a nuanced portrait of libertarianism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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very informative
- De S. Schmidt en 09-21-19
De: Jason Brennan
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Mindware
- Tools for Smart Thinking
- De: Richard E. Nisbett
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 512
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 427
Many scientific and philosophical ideas are so powerful that they can be applied to our lives at home, work, and school to help us think smarter and more effectively about our behavior and the world around us. Surprisingly, many of these ideas remain unknown to most of us. In Mindware, the world-renowned psychologist Richard Nisbett presents these ideas in clear and accessible detail, offering a tool kit for better thinking and wiser decisions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sound scientific advice on how to live your life
- De Neuron en 08-26-15
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Why Not Socialism?
- De: G. A. Cohen
- Narrado por: John Lescault
- Duración: 1 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 68
Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated. There are times, G. A. Cohen notes, when we all behave like socialists.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not compelling, but OK
- De Angel D. en 01-17-12
De: G. A. Cohen
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Economics for the Common Good
- De: Jean Tirole, Steven Rendell - translator
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 18 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
When Jean Tirole won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, he suddenly found himself being stopped in the street by complete strangers and asked to comment on issues of the day, no matter how distant from his own areas of research. His transformation from academic economist to public intellectual prompted him to reflect further on the role economists and their discipline play in society. The result is Economics for the Common Good, a passionate manifesto for a world in which economics, far from being a "dismal science," is a positive force for the common good.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Great Overview of the Challenges of Modern Econ
- De Zach Sullivan en 08-06-18
De: Jean Tirole, y otros
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To Save Everything, Click Here
- The Folly of Technological Solutionism
- De: Evgeny Morozov
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 15 h y 59 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 106
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 87
In the very near future, smart “technologies and big data” will allow us to make large-scale and sophisticated interventions in politics, culture, and everyday life. Technology will allow us to solve problems in highly original ways and create new incentives to get more people to do the right thing. But how will such “solutionism” affect our society, once deeply political, moral, and irresolvable dilemmas are recast as uncontroversial and easily manageable matters of technological efficiency?
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5 out of 5 stars
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The about face shift in view I've been looking for
- De McKane en 03-18-15
De: Evgeny Morozov
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Noise
- A Flaw in Human Judgment
- De: Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein
- Narrado por: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,423
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,158
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,147
From the best-selling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow, the co-author of Nudge, and the author of You Are About to Make a Terrible Mistake! comes Noise, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments, and how to control both noise and cognitive bias.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Z28 en 05-31-21
De: Daniel Kahneman, y otros
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Creating Freedom
- The Lottery of Birth, the Illusion of Consent, and the Fight for Our Future
- De: Raoul Martinez
- Narrado por: Steve West
- Duración: 17 h y 35 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 34
A manifesto for deep and radical change, Creating Freedom explores the limits placed on freedom by human nature and society. It explodes myths, calling for a profound transformation in the way we think about democracy, equality, and our own identities.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The BEST book, I've listened to in a long time
- De G. Newton en 04-16-17
De: Raoul Martinez
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The Rule of Nobody
- Saving America from Dead Laws and Senseless Bureaucracy
- De: Philip K. Howard
- Narrado por: Allen O'Reilly
- Duración: 5 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
The secret to good government is a question no one in Washington is asking: “What’s the right thing to do?” What’s wrong in Washington is deeper than you think. Sure, there’s gridlock, polarization, and self-dealing. But hidden underneath is something bigger and more destructive. It’s a broken governing system. From that comes wasteful government, rising debt, failing schools, expensive health care, and economic hardship.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Preachy, redundant, and unpersuasive
- De Jake en 02-05-15
De: Philip K. Howard
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Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism
- De: Arthur C. Brooks
- Narrado por: Dennis Holland
- Duración: 6 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
In his controversial study of America's giving habits, Arthur C. Brooks shatters stereotypes about charity in America - including the myth that the political Left is more compassionate than the Right. Brooks, a preeminent public policy expert, spent years researching giving trends in America, and even he was surprised by what he found. In Who Really Cares, he identifies the forces behind American charity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Let's talk truth!
- De Jeff en 09-02-12
De: Arthur C. Brooks
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Cooperation and Coercion
- How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What That Means for Economics and Politics
- De: Antony Davies, James R. Harrigan
- Narrado por: Pat Grimes
- Duración: 4 h y 39 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 73
There are only two ways that humans work together: They cooperate with one another or they coerce one another. And once you realize this fundamental fact, it will change how you see the world. In this myth-busting book, Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan display their wisdom and talent for explaining complex topics; these skills have attracted a devoted audience to their weekly podcast, Words & Numbers, and made them popular speakers around the country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clear, Concise, and Informative
- De Jacob en 03-27-21
De: Antony Davies, y otros
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Focus
- Use Different Ways of Seeing the World for Success and Influence
- De: Heidi Grant Halvorson Ph.D., E. Tory Higgins PhD
- Narrado por: Karen Saltus
- Duración: 7 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 61
We all want to experience pleasure and avoid pain. But there are really two kinds of pleasure and pain that motivate everything we do. If you are promotion-focused, you want to advance and avoid missed opportunities. If you are prevention-focused, you want to minimize losses and keep things working. And as Tory Higgins has found in his groundbreaking research, if you understand how people focus, you have the power to motivate yourself and everyone around you.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pain / Pleasure
- De Serena K. en 02-13-17
De: Heidi Grant Halvorson Ph.D., y otros
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Equal Is Unfair
- America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality
- De: Don Watkins, Yaron Brook
- Narrado por: Jeff Cummings
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 620
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 566
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 567
We've all heard that the American Dream is vanishing, and that the cause is rising income inequality. The rich are getting richer by rigging the system in their favor, leaving the rest of us to struggle just to keep our heads above water. To save the American Dream, we're told that we need to fight inequality through tax hikes, wealth redistribution schemes, and a far higher minimum wage.
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3 out of 5 stars
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While I agree with most of this book,...
- De Wayne en 12-30-16
De: Don Watkins, y otros