#7 in Economics
The Undoing Project
- 362
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 11 weeks on the list, peaked at #2
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Our view
“The Undoing Project” is an absorbing portrait of Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman and of the ideas their friendship produced. Lewis explains their research on judgement and human error through the two men’s lives, from their youth in Israel to the end of the partnership. Some readers find the first half hard work before the later chapters repay it. Its subject is the people behind behavioural economics more than the theory.
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About the book
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds is a 2016 nonfiction book by American author Michael Lewis, published by W.W. Norton. The Undoing Project explores the close partnership of Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, whose work on heuristics in judgment and decision-making demonstrated common errors of the human psyche, and how that partnership eventually broke apart.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 206 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 58% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Economics average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 22 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 184 | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Undoing Project?
It has 362 pages — longer than 69% of the ranked books in Economics.
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