Nudge (book) way alongside Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink" (inferior social science, far breezier style) on the bestseller list". Elizabeth Kolbert writing for "The New Yorker" held reservations about some of the book's conclusions when she wrote that many of the suggestions in "Nudge" seem like good ideas, and even, as with “Save More Tomorrow,” practical ones. The whole project, though, as Thaler and Sunstein acknowledge, raises some pretty awkward questions. If the “nudgee” can’t be depended on to recognize his own best interests, why stop at a nudge? Why not offer a “push,” or perhaps even a “shove”? And if people can’t be
Mike Thaler and 2017, The Black Lagoon™ chapter book series grew to include 33 books. Between 2015 and 2017, a Black Lagoon™ special edition series called "Hubie Cool" released 3 new books. "The Bully Brothers": 1993–96 Thaler wrote a 4 book series called "The Bully Brothers". In 1995, it received the IRA Children’s Choice Award 1995. All 4 were illustrated by Jared Lee. "Happily Ever After:" In 1997 Thaler wrote a series called "Happily Ever After." The four fractured fairy tales, illustrated by Jared Lee, won the 1998 International Reading Association (IRA) Children’s Choice award. "Hanzel and Pretzel, The Princess and Pea-ano",