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9. All You Need Is Nudge

The Freakonomics Radio Book Club

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Is Routine Removal Really Practiced Anywhere?

If a patient becomes brain dead, then the transplant teams will automatically take whatever could be used. But is that actually practised anywhere? There are maybe half a dozen countries that have that as their law - but they still don't do it. And many of the countries that have switched to what's called presumed consent describe their policy as soft presumed consen.

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