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Every book Gerd Gigerenzer recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Gerd Gigerenzer has recommended or discussed 3 books on podcasts, as of December 29, 2025.
- Gerd Gigerenzer has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of December 29, 2025.
- Those books came up in 3 episodes, as of December 29, 2025.
- The 3 books Gerd Gigerenzer has mentioned in the most episodes, as of December 29, 2025: Nudge, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism and Blink.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Gerd Gigerenzer aired on December 29, 2025.
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Gerd Gigerenzer is a researcher who appeared on EconTalk to discuss intuition, decision-making, and algorithms. During the discussion, Gigerenzer referenced Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink, explaining how Gladwell popularized Gigerenzer's own ideas regarding intuition and fast thinking. He also brought up Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein's book Nudge to explain the origin of the term nudging and to express his critique of government paternalism and choice architecture. Furthermore, Gigerenzer referenced Thaler's work when discussing the concept of framing in the context of medical decision-making. In another appearance, Gigerenzer referenced Shoshana Zuboff's book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism while discussing prevailing assumptions about the perfection and infallibility of modern algorithms. Through these references, Gigerenzer utilized notable popular science and behavioral economics texts to critique societal assumptions about rationality, choice, and automated systems.
Books Gerd Gigerenzer recommended or discussed
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Recommended“and also the other side so this great book by uh shojana supoff yeah about the uh uh both sides assume that the algorithms would be so perfect”
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Blink
Discussed“Gladwell. Yeah, sorry. Uh wrote a book of my ideas and blink and uh popularized it.”
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Books Gerd Gigerenzer wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Defense of Intuition (with Gerd Gigerenzer) | EconTalk | 2025-12-29 | 2 |
| Gerd Gigerenzer on How to Stay Smart in a Smart World | EconTalk | 2022-08-01 | 1 |
| Gerd Gigerenzer on Gut Feelings | EconTalk | 2019-12-02 | 1 |
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Yeah. So the uh I wrote a book uh called Gut Feelings long time ago and uh a few years later uh uh M uh Malcolm what is his name? Gladwell.”
“so in the book how to stay smart i use an analogy the the free coffee house”
“long time ago i published a book called a calculated risk in in the uk it's called reckoning with risky uh the american publisher didn't want to translate it in reckoning with risk because i think no american would read a book with reckoning title anyhow”