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Freakonomics Radio
The episode noted that Sunstein authored Sludge, a book exploring the bureaucratic obstacles that hinder productivity, and cited several passages describing sludge and its societal impact.
The software our publishers provided when we were proofreading the galleys of this book was so sludgeriden that Sunstein gave up and typed up a list of changes.
— Episode: All You Need Is Nudge (Update)
Episode: All You Need Is Nudge (Update)
The episode noted that Sunstein authored Sludge, a book exploring the bureaucratic obstacles that hinder productivity, and cited several passages describing sludge and its societal impact.
The software our publishers provided when we were proofreading the galleys of this book was so sludgeriden that Sunstein gave up and typed up a list of changes.
what is sludge literally? It's this thick, gooey byproduct of some industrial process that just gunks up the works.
Governments both create and reduce sludge. In recent years, the United States government has imposed a whopping 11 billion hours in annual paperwork burdens on the American people.
Cass Sunstein, Thaler's coauthor on Nudge, wrote a book called Sludge, what stops us from getting things done and what to do about it.