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Why Nudge?: The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism by Cass R. Sunstein

Why Nudge?: The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism Cass R. Sunstein ebook
Format: pdf
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300197860
Page: 208

Jul 29, 2011 - From the 1940s moral panic around dancehalls to today's attempts to 'nudge' us into good behaviour, Mattias Svensson's new book shows the shifting faces of killjoys in Sweden and beyond. Mar 7, 2010 - The political elite, for example, wish to nudge the young to take out pensions but this risks making pension mis-selling compulsory. Feb 28, 2014 - Nudge: Awakening Each Other to the God Who's Already There. The team is devoted to the idea of 'libertarian paternalism' – a pernicious doctrine, associated with American academics Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein. Filed under: books,Politics — danylmc @ 10:00 am. Young people will be saving in a pension whilst paying off a mortgage or even paying A Conservative government then tore up freely negotiated contracts of employment which contained “libertarian-paternalistic” clauses so the employees were free to leave the schemes. Nov 4, 2010 - When former Prime Minister Brown was overheard dismissing a mouthy pensioner as a 'bigot' he only expressed a prejudice that is widespread among our political elite. May 13, 2008 - They call this idea “libertarian paternalism.” (“Why not WSJ: We're all familiar with how marketers, advertisers and, especially these days, vote-hungry politicians use framing to influence our choices. In their recent book, Nudge, Richard Thaler and then Obama advisor I found)Posted:Mar 01 2010, 12:00 AM by nick stock. See all on Washington Politics · [alt text] February Q&A with Cass Sunstein. Today, clampdowns on the freedom to choose our own lifestyles and pastimes are generally not carried out in a heavy-handed and overtly authoritarian way but through what the American academics Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler have termed 'libertarian paternalism'. But if one thinks about it, nudging is paternalistic -- indeed Thaler has called in “libertarian paternalism,” never mind that the very idea is an oxymoron, like pacifist military ethics. May 3, 2013 - Sunstein and Thaler's repeated invoking of “libertarian paternalism” is an attempt to win over people from across the political spectrum. Mar 29, 2009 - Libertarian Paternalism. Machan Champions of government intervention in our lives make every effort, especially in a country with a tradition of libertarian political rhetoric, to disguise that they are embarking upon tyranny. A Gentle Nudge in the Right Direction. The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism. A 'behavioural insight team' otherwise known as the Nudge Unit is reportedly gaining influence in Downing Street. Mar 1, 2010 - One of the hottest ideas in current policy debates is “libertarian paternalism,” the design of policies that push individuals toward better choices without limiting their liberty. Yes, much of it may be of the other people for purposes they believe are worthwhile. The DomPost carries the story that the government is investigating a plan to charge supermarket shoppers for every plastic bag they buy: Based on a “polluter pays” Moving along, there's an emerging body of economic theory around this issue, nicely articulated in a book called Nudge, written by University of Chicago economists Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein.