Why nudge? : the politics of libertarian paternalism / Cass R. Sunstein.

"Based on a series of pathbreaking lectures given at Yale University in 2012, this powerful, thought-provoking work by national best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein combines legal theory with behavioral economics to make a fresh argument about the legitimate scope of government, bearing on obes...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Sunstein, Cass R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
Series:Storrs lectures on jurisprudence ; 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Behaviorally informed paternalism
  • Occasions for paternalism
  • The paternalist's toolbox
  • Paternalism and welfare
  • Paternalism and autonomy
  • Soft paternalism and its discontents
  • Epilogue: The lives we save may be our own.