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Nudge Economics as Libertarian Paternalism [PDF]
Theory, Culture and Society, 2021 Given the growing prominence of nudge economics both within and beyond the academy, it is a timely moment to reassess the philosophical and political arguments that sit at its core, and in particular what Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein call libertarian
Nicholas Gane
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Epistemic Libertarian Paternalism
Erkenntnis, 2023 Libertarian paternalism is a weak form of paternalism that recommends nudges rather than bans, restrictions, or other strong interventions. Nudges influence people’s choice by modifying contextual factors (the “choice architecture”).
Kengo Miyazono
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Libertarian Paternalism and the Problem of Preference Architecture [PDF]
British Journal of Political Science, 2021 People often fail to make the choices that best satisfy their preferences. The design of the social environment inevitably makes some choices easier than others.
Johannes Kniess
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Soft Interventionism: A Hayekian Alternative to Libertarian Paternalism [PDF]
Review of Behavioral Economics, 2021 : Are behavioral interventions consonant with a free society? Rizzo and Whitman argue that behavioral interventions aimed at addressing self-harms are premised on an unrealistic neoclassical account of rationality.
Nick Cowen, Aris Trantidis
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RUDN Journal of Law, 2020 The article reveals the degree of influence of libertarianism on the development of various institutions of state and law. It is shown how one of its trends, libertarian paternalism, presented by researchers of behavioral economics R.
Olga V. Romanovskaya
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Libertarian paternalism and the capability approach. Friends or foes?
EkonomistaThis paper compares the capability approach (CA) and libertarian paternalism (LP) to see whether they are compatible. The comparison focuses on rationality, wellbeing, and freedom. The main theoretical framework is Sen’s ‘reason to value’ (RtV).
Aleksander Ostapiuk
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Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, 2019 Many economists are libertarians and consider the term “paternalistic” to be derogatory. Most would think that the phrase libertarian paternalism is an oxymoron.
Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
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Libertarian Paternalism Is Not an Oxymoron
Civilistica.com, 2015 The idea of libertarian paternalism might seem to be an oxymoron, but it is both possible and desirable for private and public institutions to influence behavior while also respecting freedom of choice.
Cass S. Sunstein, Richard H. Thaler
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The Dangerous Allure of Libertarian Paternalism
Review of Behavioral Economics, 2018 This paper offers a sustained critique of behavioral law and economics (BLE) on both a theoretical and practical level. The theoretical discussion fastens on the unwillingness of BLE take into account how the standard biological account of inclusive ...
R. Epstein
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