Nudging Government

Cass Sunstein, professor of law at Harvard Law School, co-authored a book, Nudge, in 2009 with Richard H. Thaler who was just awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics. At a recent book talk sponsored by the Harvard Law School library, Sunstein explained how nudging can be used to help governments obtain better results. If you don’t know what a nudge is, you will after listening to this enlightening talk. 60 minutes, no transcript.