Unnatural Selections By Barry Schwartz

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Analysis Essay In the article “Unnatural Selections” by Barry Schwartz, he explains and proves with reasoning and evidence how individuals are influenced by whether a choice is a default or not. He establishes how he believes that these default options matter whether it be in a small scenario or decision that is very important through three different techniques. The first technique that the author used was evidence. He uses this in many different instances including his first topic, food portions at T.G.I Friday’s. He explains to the reader the restaurant's new “Right Portion, Right Price” option and does agree that it is beneficial in many ways, but he then reveals that they do not offer this deal as the “regular” option. Barry also points

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