Michelle Baddeley

Overall a well done overview of behavioral economics. The main criticism I have of the book is that it is not critical enough of the pitfalls and pretensions of the field. In the very end of the book she does mention potential pitfalls of the hype around the field applied to public policy. But throughout most of the book, she herself portrays study findings as definitive and pushes the hype she herself cautions against in the final pages of the book.

Social “science” in general has a long way to go before it really deserve the name science. She is justifiably critical of classical economics, but only because she wants to make the argument that behavioral economics is the superior successor. If only her ears would hear the words of her mouth, and recognize how clearly her own biases are effecting her presentation of the field.

Still, tl;dr worth a read.… (meer)