24 Books like Sludge

The Elements of Choice

by Eric J. Johnson • 2021

Your choices feel free. But someone arranged the options, and that arrangement is doing the work.

3.91

523

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔬 Decision Science 🪤 Cognitive Biases

The Elements of Choice 97%

Your choices feel free. But someone arranged the options, and that arrangement is doing the work.

by Eric J. Johnson 2021

3.91

523 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔬 Decision Science 🪤 Cognitive Biases

Simpler

by Cass R. Sunstein • 2013

Regulation doesn't need more weight; it needs simplicity, smarter defaults, and behavioral insight.

3.58

535

🧠 Behavioral Economics 📜 Regulatory Reform 📊 Cost-Benefit Analysis

Simpler 96%

Regulation doesn't need more weight; it needs simplicity, smarter defaults, and behavioral insight.

by Cass R. Sunstein 2013

3.58

535 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 📜 Regulatory Reform 📊 Cost-Benefit Analysis

Inside the Nudge Unit

by David Halpern • 2015

A government unit given two years to survive found a single word could bring in millions.

3.98

1k+

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Public Policy 📊 Evidence-Based Policy

Inside the Nudge Unit 96%

A government unit given two years to survive found a single word could bring in millions.

by David Halpern 2015

3.98

1k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Public Policy 📊 Evidence-Based Policy

Behavioural Economics

by David Orrell • 2021

The economic agent is a myth: psychology, not calculation, drives decisions.

3.55

175

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 💸 Economic Psychology

Behavioural Economics 96%

The economic agent is a myth: psychology, not calculation, drives decisions.

by David Orrell 2021

3.55

175 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 💸 Economic Psychology

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

3.74

3k+

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism

Buddhism 96%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism

Traffic

by Tom Vanderbilt • 2008

Remove the signs, roads grow safer. The psychology of why drivers misjudge danger.

3.72

8k+

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🚗 Urban Mobility ⚠️ Risk Perception

Traffic 96%

Remove the signs, roads grow safer. The psychology of why drivers misjudge danger.

by Tom Vanderbilt 2008

3.72

8k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🚗 Urban Mobility ⚠️ Risk Perception

How Economics Can Save the World

by Erik Angner • 2023

Economics isn't just about money; it's a proven toolkit for poverty, climate, and your wellbeing.

3.61

288

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 👶 Evidence-Based Parenting

How Economics Can Save the World Summary

How Economics Can Save the World 96%

Economics isn't just about money; it's a proven toolkit for poverty, climate, and your wellbeing.

by Erik Angner 2023

3.61

288 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 👶 Evidence-Based Parenting

FRICTION―The Untapped Force That Can Be Your Most Powerful Advantage

by Roger Dooley • 2019

The hidden force that decides what you buy, what you quit, and what you never start.

4.09

119

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🛒 Customer Experience 🧱 Habit Design

FRICTION―The Untapped Force That Can Be Your Most Powerful Advantage Summary

FRICTION―The Untapped Force That Can Be Your Most Powerful Advantage 95%

The hidden force that decides what you buy, what you quit, and what you never start.

by Roger Dooley 2019

4.09

119 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🛒 Customer Experience 🧱 Habit Design

The Smarter Screen

by Shlomo Benartzi • 2015

Screens nudge you in 50 milliseconds. The rules for making that moment work for you.

3.96

365

🧪 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🏗️ Choice Architecture

The Smarter Screen 95%

Screens nudge you in 50 milliseconds. The rules for making that moment work for you.

by Shlomo Benartzi 2015

3.96

365 ratings

🧪 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🏗️ Choice Architecture

How Change Happens

by Cass R. Sunstein • 2019

Social change seems impossible until the moment it isn't: the hidden forces that drive it.

3.11

197

🌊 Social Change 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Political Polarization

How Change Happens 95%

Social change seems impossible until the moment it isn't: the hidden forces that drive it.

by Cass R. Sunstein 2019

3.11

197 ratings

🌊 Social Change 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Political Polarization

Switch

by Chip Heath • 2010

Change isn't a willpower problem. It's a setup problem. Three simple fixes that actually stick.

4.03

56k+

🏢 Change Management 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🌳 Environmental Design

Switch 95%

Change isn't a willpower problem. It's a setup problem. Three simple fixes that actually stick.

by Chip Heath 2010

4.03

56k+ ratings

🏢 Change Management 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🌳 Environmental Design

Catalyst

by Jonah Berger • 2020

Pushing harder makes people dig in. Real persuasion works by removing the obstacles in their path.

3.92

3k+

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔄 Change Management 🗣️ Persuasion Psychology

Catalyst 95%

Pushing harder makes people dig in. Real persuasion works by removing the obstacles in their path.

by Jonah Berger 2020

3.92

3k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔄 Change Management 🗣️ Persuasion Psychology

I'm Afraid Debbie From Marketing Has Left for the Day

by Morten Münster • 2019

Why motivation fails and how environment design wins: the playbook for real-world behavior change.

4.08

2k+

🎛️ Behavioral Design 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Nudge Theory

I'm Afraid Debbie From Marketing Has Left for the Day Summary

I'm Afraid Debbie From Marketing Has Left for the Day 95%

Why motivation fails and how environment design wins: the playbook for real-world behavior change.

by Morten Münster 2019

4.08

2k+ ratings

🎛️ Behavioral Design 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Nudge Theory

The small BIG

by Robert B. Cialdini • 2014

Persuasion runs on tiny levers: one sentence, a number, a name. Big arguments rarely move anyone.

3.78

1k+

🤓 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Social Psychology 🧪 Persuasion Science

The small BIG 95%

Persuasion runs on tiny levers: one sentence, a number, a name. Big arguments rarely move anyone.

by Robert B. Cialdini 2014

3.78

1k+ ratings

🤓 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Social Psychology 🧪 Persuasion Science

Sway

by Ori Brafman • 2008

Seven invisible biases that make rational people overpay, overstay, and reject free money.

3.78

20k+

💰 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👀 Value Perception

Sway 94%

Seven invisible biases that make rational people overpay, overstay, and reject free money.

by Ori Brafman 2008

3.78

20k+ ratings

💰 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👀 Value Perception

Phishing for Phools

by George A. Akerlof • 2015

Your blind spots are a business model. Free markets reward deception as reliably as innovation.

3.43

2k+

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔧 Market Failures 🎯 Consumer Manipulation

Phishing for Phools 94%

Your blind spots are a business model. Free markets reward deception as reliably as innovation.

by George A. Akerlof 2015

3.43

2k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔧 Market Failures 🎯 Consumer Manipulation

Using Behavioral Science in Marketing

by Nancy Harhut • 2022

Seventeen cognitive biases that make customers click and buy, and the words to trigger each.

4.38

177

🧠 Marketing Psychology 📉 Behavioral Economics 🛒 Consumer Behavior

Using Behavioral Science in Marketing Summary

Using Behavioral Science in Marketing 94%

Seventeen cognitive biases that make customers click and buy, and the words to trigger each.

by Nancy Harhut 2022

4.38

177 ratings

🧠 Marketing Psychology 📉 Behavioral Economics 🛒 Consumer Behavior

The Voltage Effect

by John A. List • 2022

Why ideas win small but fail big: the psychological and economic traps that derail scaling.

3.93

1k+

🧠 Behavioral Economics 📈 Organizational Scaling 🔍 Cognitive Biases

The Voltage Effect 94%

Why ideas win small but fail big: the psychological and economic traps that derail scaling.

by John A. List 2022

3.93

1k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 📈 Organizational Scaling 🔍 Cognitive Biases

Under the Influence

by Robert H. Frank • 2020

Nobody decides alone. The $2 trillion proof that social contagion drives everything.

3.75

154

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🦠 Social Contagion 👥 Social Influence

Under the Influence 94%

Nobody decides alone. The $2 trillion proof that social contagion drives everything.

by Robert H. Frank 2020

3.75

154 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🦠 Social Contagion 👥 Social Influence

Subtract

by Leidy Klotz • 2021

We add to fix things; subtraction works better. The cognitive bias that hides the shorter path.

3.40

2k+

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🔗 Systems Thinking

Subtract 94%

We add to fix things; subtraction works better. The cognitive bias that hides the shorter path.

by Leidy Klotz 2021

3.40

2k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🔗 Systems Thinking

The Why Axis

by Uri Gneezy • 2013

When daycare fines made parents later, the real science of incentives began.

3.67

1k+

💡 Behavioral Economics 🔬 Field Experiments 🎯 Incentive Design

The Why Axis 94%

When daycare fines made parents later, the real science of incentives began.

by Uri Gneezy 2013

3.67

1k+ ratings

💡 Behavioral Economics 🔬 Field Experiments 🎯 Incentive Design

economic naturalist

by Robert H. Frank • 2006

Why drive-up ATMs have Braille dots, and other mundane mysteries solved with economics.

3.46

3k+

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Everyday Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases

economic naturalist 94%

Why drive-up ATMs have Braille dots, and other mundane mysteries solved with economics.

by Robert H. Frank 2006

3.46

3k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Everyday Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases

Misbehaving

by Richard H. Thaler • 2016

Economists built models of flawless decision makers. One professor proved those people don't exist.

4.16

24k+

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🤪 Irrational Behavior

Misbehaving 94%

Economists built models of flawless decision makers. One professor proved those people don't exist.

by Richard H. Thaler 2016

4.16

24k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🤪 Irrational Behavior

The Science of Successful Organizational Change

by Paul Gibbons • 2015

Half of all change efforts fail. The fix is the behavioral science most leaders overlook.

4.07

🔄 Change Management 🏃 Agile Organizations 🧠 Behavioral Economics

The Science of Successful Organizational Change Summary

The Science of Successful Organizational Change 94%

Half of all change efforts fail. The fix is the behavioral science most leaders overlook.

by Paul Gibbons 2015

4.07

45 ratings

🔄 Change Management 🏃 Agile Organizations 🧠 Behavioral Economics

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