New Releases by Richard H. Thaler

Cómo evitar que el ego y la competencia nos hagan pagar de más Hace más de treinta años, Richard Thaler introdujo a los lectores en la psicología económica con su influyente sección periodística «Anomalies», escrita con colaboradores como Daniel Kahneman y Amos Tversky. Aquellos artículos provocadores cuestionaban una idea fundamental de la economía —que las personas son optimizadoras racionales y egoístas— y sentaron las bases de esta ciencia. Tres décadas después, Thaler se ha unido al economista Alex O. Imas para escribir este libro. Cada capítulo parte de una de esas «anomalías» originales, con el espíritu de su época, que después se actualiza desde el punto de vista del presente. ¿Por qué las personas cooperamos cuando no tenemos ningún incentivo para hacerlo? ¿Por qué nos aferramos a posesiones de escaso valor? ¿Y por qué el ganador de una subasta suele sentirse decepcionado? Con gran claridad expositiva, pero sin perder rigor, La maldición del ganador aclara éstas y muchas otras ideas para todo tipo de lectores, desde legos a economistas.

Named one of Financial Times’s Best Books of 2025, that bestselling author Tim Hartford called "fun" and "nerdy in the best way" Nobel Prize winner Richard H. Thaler and rising star economist Alex O. Imas explore the past, present, and cutting-edge future in behavioral economics in The Winner’s Curse. Why do people cooperate with one another when they have no obvious motivation to do so? Why do we hold on to possessions of little value? And why is the winner of an auction so often disappointed? Over thirty years ago, Richard H. Thaler introduced readers to behavioral economics in his seminal Anomalies column, written with collaborators including Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. These provocative articles challenged the fundamental idea at the heart of economics that people are selfish, rational optimizers, and provided the foundation for what became behavioral economics. That was then. Now, three decades later, Thaler has teamed up with economist Alex O. Imas to write a new book with an original and creative format. Each chapter starts with an original Anomaly, retaining the spirit of its time stamp. Then, shifting to the present, the authors provide updates to each, asking how the original findings have held up and how the field has evolved since then. It turns out that the original findings not only hold up well, but they show up almost everywhere. Anomalies pop up in people’s decisions to save for retirement and how they carry outstanding credit card debt. Even experts fail to optimize. The key concept of loss aversion explains missed putts by PGA pros and the selection of which stocks to sell by portfolio managers. In this era of meme stocks and Dogecoin, it is hard to defend the view that financial markets are highly efficient. The good news, however, is that the anomalies have gotten funnier. With both readability and rigor, The Winner’s Curse is for anyone, from those with a cursory understanding of economics to fellow economists. Each chapter provides a key insight into human behavior so readers learn how to better understand the choices made by their friends, colleagues, and customers, and they might just become better at making decisions themselves. Only recommended for humans.

Edição ampliada e definitiva de um dos maiores clássicos sobre tomada de decisão, escrito por Richard H. Thaler, ganhador do prêmio Nobel de economia, e Cass R. Sunstein, professor de Harvard. * Best-seller do New York Times * Mais de 2 milhões de cópias vendidas Com base em décadas de pesquisas em ciência comportamental e usando diversos exemplos reveladores, os autores mostram que nenhuma opção nos é apresentada de forma neutra, e que estamos todos suscetíveis a tomar decisões ruins. Desde a primeira edição deste livro, a palavra "nudge" entrou para o vocabulário de executivos, formuladores de políticas públicas e consumidores. A inovadora discussão sobre como todos nós respondemos a determinados "empurrões" (nudges) na hora de tomar decisões relacionadas a saúde, vida pessoal ou dinheiro conquistou uma multidão de leitores. Os "nudges" estão em toda parte: podem ser uma imagem, um formulário, uma disposição de produtos, listas brancas próximas na estrada. Trata-se de qualquer aspecto que altera (ou empurra) o comportamento das pessoas em uma determinada direção, sem envolver alguma proibição, multa ou obrigação. Durante o isolamento social imposto pela covid-19, os autores decidiram revisitar o conceito e atualizar exemplos no campo da saúde, meio ambiente e finanças. Sem perder o tom leve e bem-humorado, trazem ferramentas valiosas sobre tomada de decisão para indivíduos, empresas e governos. "Poucos livros mudaram o mundo. Nudge é um deles" – Daniel Kahneman, autor de Rápido e devagar

El impulso que necesitas para tomar mejores decisiones sobre salud, dinero y felicidad. Una nueva edición imprescindible —revisada y actualizada de cabo a rabo— de uno de los libros más importantes de las últimas dos décadas, del premio Nobel Richard H. Thaler y Cass R. Sunstein Desde la publicación original de Nudge hace más de una década, el título ha entrado en el vocabulario de empresarios, legisladores, ciudadanos comprometidos y consumidores de todo el mundo. El libro ha dado lugar a más de 400 “unidades de empujón” en gobiernos de todo el mundo e innumerables grupos de científicos del comportamiento en cada parte de la economía. Nos ha enseñado cómo usar una “arquitectura de elección” reflexiva, un concepto que inventaron los autores, para ayudarnos a tomar mejores decisiones para nosotros, nuestras familias y nuestra sociedad. Ahora, los autores han reescrito el libro de cabo a rabo, haciendo uso de sus experiencias dentro y fuera del gobierno durante los últimos doce años, así como una explosión de nuevas investigaciones en numerosas disciplinas académicas. Para comprometerse a nunca volver a emprender esta tarea abrumadora, la llaman la "edición final". Ofrece una gran cantidad de nuevos conocimientos, tanto para sus fanáticos declarados como para los recién llegados al campo, sobre una amplia variedad de problemas que enfrentamos en nuestra vida diaria: COVID-19, salud, finanzas personales, ahorros para la jubilación, deuda de tarjetas de crédito, vivienda. hipotecas, atención médica, donación de órganos, cambio climático y "lodo" (papeleo y otras molestias que no queremos y que nos impiden obtener lo que queremos), todo mientras respetamos una de las reglas cardinales de empujar: hacer ¡es divertido! ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Since the original publication of Nudge more than a decade ago, the title has entered the vocabulary of businesspeople, policy makers, engaged citizens, and consumers everywhere. The book has given rise to more than 400 “nudge units” in governments around the world and countless groups of behavioral scientists in every part of the economy. It has taught us how to use thoughtful “choice architecture”—a concept the authors invented—to help us make better decisions for ourselves, our families, and our society. Now, the authors have rewritten the book from cover to cover, making use of their experiences in and out of government over the past dozen years as well as an explosion of new research in numerous academic disciplines. To commit themselves to never undertaking this daunting task again, they are calling this the “final edition.” It offers a wealth of new insights, for both its avowed fans and newcomers to the field, about a wide variety of issues that we face in our daily lives—COVID-19, health, personal finance, retirement savings, credit card debt, home mortgages, medical care, organ donation, climate change, and “sludge” (paperwork and other nuisances we don’t want, and that keep us from getting what we do want)—all while honoring one of the cardinal rules of nudging: make it fun!

El libro que inspiró a Barack Obama los fundamentos de la política al demostrar el poder de un pequeño empujón. Por el Premio Nobel de Economía 2017 Richard H. Thaler. En Un pequeño empujón, considerado ya un clásico y uno de los mejores libros sobre economía y política de las últimas décadas, Cass R. Sunstein y Richard H. Thaler, premio Nobel de Economía, observan cómo nuestras percepciones y decisiones dependen del modo en que se organizan ante nosotros las diferentes opciones. Gobiernos y empresas, pero también padres, profesores y médicos, se convierten así en una especie de «arquitectos de la elección». A través de leves impulsos, conscientes, a menudo invisibles y cuyo coste económico y político es irrisorio, las personas e instituciones públicas o privadas pueden incentivar sin mermar la libertad de elección de los ciudadanos, y obtener así grandes logros en relación con la sanidad pública, las finanzas o la lucha contra la desigualdad. Un libro esencial para quienes formulan nuestras políticas públicas, pero cuya aplicabilidad en nuestras vidas cotidianas es sorprendente y maravillosamente eficaz. Críticas: «¿Cuántas veces se encuentra uno con un libro a la vez importante y divertido, práctico y profundo? De lectura obligada para quien quiera ver mejorar el funcionamiento de nuestras mentes y nuestra sociedad». Daniel Kahneman, Premio Nobel de Economía y autor de Pensar rápido, pensar despacio «Me entusiasma este libro. Es uno de los pocos que han cambiado de un modo trascendente mi manera de ver el mundo». Steve Levitt, autor de Freakonomics «El libro más importante que he leído en veinte años». Barry Schwartz, The American Prospect «Fabuloso. Cambiará tu forma de pensar, no solo sobre el mundo que te rodea y algunos de sus mayores problemas, sino también sobre ti mismo». Michael Lewis, autor de La gran apuesta y Deshaciendo errores

Argues that economical trends cannot be predicted as much as thought, mainly because humans are so unpredictable, and reveals how behavioral economic analysis opens up new ways to look at everything from household finance to assigning faculty offices in a new building.

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics Get ready to change the way you think about economics. Nobel laureate Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans—predictable, error-prone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to earth—and change the way we think about economics, ourselves, and our world. Traditional economics assumes rational actors. Early in his research, Thaler realized these Spock-like automatons were nothing like real people. Whether buying a clock radio, selling basketball tickets, or applying for a mortgage, we all succumb to biases and make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists. In other words, we misbehave. More importantly, our misbehavior has serious consequences. Dismissed at first by economists as an amusing sideshow, the study of human miscalculations and their effects on markets now drives efforts to make better decisions in our lives, our businesses, and our governments. Coupling recent discoveries in human psychology with a practical understanding of incentives and market behavior, Thaler enlightens readers about how to make smarter decisions in an increasingly mystifying world. He reveals how behavioral economic analysis opens up new ways to look at everything from household finance to assigning faculty offices in a new building, to TV game shows, the NFL draft, and businesses like Uber. Laced with antic stories of Thaler’s spirited battles with the bastions of traditional economic thinking, Misbehaving is a singular look into profound human foibles. When economics meets psychology, the implications for individuals, managers, and policy makers are both profound and entertaining. Shortlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award

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Has the Nudge Unit Given you a Gentle Push in the Right Direction? Adding just one sentence to a tax reminder brought in millions in extra revenue, Prompting people to become organ donors while paying for their car tax added an extra 100/000 donors to the register, Refocusing the questions asked at the job centre helped an extra 10% of people off benefits and back to work.

Thaler and Sunstein offer a groundbreaking discussion of how to apply the science of choice to nudge people toward decisions that can improve their lives without restricting their freedom of choice.

Standard economics theory is built on the assumption that human beings act rationally in their own self interest. But if rationality is such a reliable factor, why do economic models so often fail to predict market behavior accurately? According to Richard Thaler, the shortcomings of the standard approach arise from its failure to take into account systematic mental biases that color all human judgments and decisions.