It’s a small idea, but one which has had an outsized impact. A behavioral approach has been credited with issues related to the economy, education, medicine, among other fields: raising tax revenues, helping people get back into work, supporting them to do better in school, making them more likely to vote, and reducing unnecessary prescriptions of antibiotics. “Nudge” type interventions are also found to be highly cost-effective, increasing their appeal to governments. weiterlesen