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Milton Friedman's spending matrix revisited: ‘Spending efficiency’ and ‘preference compatibility’ across different economic systems

open access: yesEconomic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract This article expands Milton Friedman's spending matrix to analyse ‘spending efficiency’ and ‘preference compatibility’ across different economic systems against five key outcome criteria. By generalising Friedman's typology, it compares efficiency and freedom as systems shift from laissez‐faire capitalism to communism, illustrating a gradual ...
Ali Zeytoon‐Nejad
wiley   +1 more source

Should Kane Abandon the Symmetry of Efforts of Will [PDF]

open access: yesPizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī
An agent’s efforts of will have long been at the centre of Robert Kane’s influential account of libertarian free will. For several decades it has been a crucial part of his theory that there is a symmetry to these efforts.
Neil Campbell
doaj   +1 more source

In‐group bias in preferences for redistribution: a survey experiment in Italy

open access: yesEconomica, EarlyView.
Abstract Using a new survey and experimental data, we investigate how information on inequality and immigration affects preferences for redistribution in Italy. Our analysis addresses both the economic and cultural dimensions of immigration, showing that, in general, preferences for redistribution are inelastic to new information. However, we find that
Riccardo Bruni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changing Behaviour by Adding an Option

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adding an option is a neglected mechanism for bringing about behavioural change. This mechanism is distinct from nudges, which are changes in the choice architecture, and instead makes it possible to pursue republican paternalism, a unique form of paternalism in which choices are changed by expanding people's set of options.
Lukas Fuchs
wiley   +1 more source

What I Really, Really Want: The Role, Nature, and Value of True Preferences in the Ethics of Nudging

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, we discuss the role that ‘true preferences’ can and should play in discussions on the possibility and desirability of paternalist nudges. Critics have claimed that such preferences do not exist, cannot be known reliably by third parties, and cannot justify whether and how to nudge people.
Bart Engelen, Viktor Ivanković
wiley   +1 more source

The Concept of Nature in Libertarianism [PDF]

open access: yesEthics, Policy & Environment, 2019
Libertarians are not famed as friends of nature – but is that a matter of principle? I examine consequentialist, deontological and teleological versions of left- and right-libertarianism on three d...
openaire   +3 more sources

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