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Cass Sunstein

University of Chicago law professor Cass Sunstein talks about why the best governments subtly trick their citizens into making good decisions and his new book, “Nudge.”

Global Politics

Design can be a powerful tool to manipulate people’s choices, maybe even voters. Think of a supermarket. They put the milk in the back, so you have to cruise past all the other merchandise to pick up a gallon. The US Weeklies sit by the register, to capture impulse buyers. It’s a subtle but powerful technique known as “choice architecture” – well-known to retailers, and increasingly utilized everywhere from the ballot box to the bathroom to affect – and improve – behavior. University of Chicago law professor Cass Sunstein co-authored a new book on the power of choice architecture called Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness, and he speaks with Faith Salie on Fair Game.