Obamanomics and Nudge

Two interesting pieces trying to figure out Obama's economic policy though the idea of "Nudge." The first article by Franklin Foer, in The New Republic  entitled Nudge-ocracy and the second by Derek Thompson in The Atlantic. Both miss the point that all of these ideas were spelled out over a year ago by Obama's University of Chicago colleagues, Cass Sustein and  Richard Thaler in their book Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness.

Take a look at both articles and here is my conversation with Richard Thaler:

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