{"product_id":"sludge-isbn-9780262545082","title":"Sludge","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNudge \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the prevelance and burden of ‘sludge’—red tape and unnecessary paperwork—and why we must do better.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“If nudges have a mortal enemy, or perhaps the equivalent of antimatter to matter, it’s ‘sludge’.” —\u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We’ve all had to fight our way through administrative sludge—filling out complicated online forms, mailing in paperwork, standing in line at the motor vehicle registry. This kind of red tape is a nuisance, but, as Cass Sunstein shows in \u003ci\u003eSludge\u003c\/i\u003e, it can also impair health, reduce growth, entrench poverty, and exacerbate inequality. Confronted by sludge, people just give up—and lose a promised outcome: a visa, a job, a permit, an educational opportunity, necessary medical help. In this lively and entertaining look at the terribleness of sludge, Sunstein explains what we can do to reduce it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Because of sludge, Sunstein, explains, too many people don't receive benefits to which they are entitled. Sludge even prevents many people from exercising their constitutional rights—when, for example, barriers to voting in an election are too high. (A Sludge Reduction Act would be a Voting Rights Act.) Sunstein takes readers on a tour of the not-so-wonderful world of sludge, describes justifications for certain kinds of sludge, and proposes “Sludge Audits” as a way to measure the effects of sludge. On balance, Sunstein argues, sludge infringes on human dignity, making people feel that their time and even their lives don't matter. We must do better.Preface ix\u003cbr\u003e1 A Curse 1\u003cbr\u003e2 Sludge Hurts 21\u003cbr\u003e3 Sludge as Architecture 35\u003cbr\u003e4 Sludge in Action 45\u003cbr\u003e5 Reasons for Sludge 73\u003cbr\u003e6 Sludge Audits 91\u003cbr\u003e7 The Most Precious Commodity 109\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 113\u003cbr\u003eNotes 115\u003cbr\u003eIndex 141Cass R. Sunstein is Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School and Chair of the Technical Advisory Group on Behavioral Insights and Sciences at the World Health Organization. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cost-Benefit Revolution, How Change Happens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eToo Much Information, Sludge\u003c\/i\u003e (all published by the MIT Press), \u003ci\u003eNudge\u003c\/i\u003e (with Richard H. Thaler), and other books.\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305356808421,"sku":"NP9780262545082","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262545082.jpg?v=1767736782","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/sludge-isbn-9780262545082","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}