In the episode, Maya Shankar referenced the book as the basis for Cass Sunstein's work on policy design during the Obama administration, highlighting its focus on using small tweaks to positively influence behavior. She described it as a key text on the science of nudging people in program and policy contexts.
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This book, which discusses the science of positively impacting people's lives through small tweaks in program and policy design, was mentioned as the foundation of the work Cass Sunstein had done for the Obama administration.
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He had written the book Nudge, which is all about the science of how we can, you know, positively impact people's lives through these small tweaks and how we design programs and policies.