Why Nudge?

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The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism

By: Cass R. Sunstein

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Paperback | 15 June 2015 | Edition Number 1

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The bestselling author of Simpler offers a powerful, provocative, and convincing argument for protecting people from their own mistakes

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 obesity, smoking, distracted driving, health care, food safety, and other highly volatile, high-profile public issues. Behavioral economists have established that people often make decisions that run counter to their best interestsâ"producing what Sunstein describes as âbehavioral market failures.â Sometimes we disregard the long term; sometimes we are unrealistically optimistic; sometimes we do not see what is in front of us. With this evidence in mind, Sunstein argues for a new form of paternalism, one that protects people against serious errors but also recognizes the risk of government overreaching and usually preserves freedom of choice.

Against those who reject paternalism of any kind, Sunstein shows that âchoice architectureââ"government-imposed structures that affect our choicesâ"is inevitable, and hence that a form of paternalism cannot be avoided. He urges that there are profoundly moral reasons to ensure that choice architecture is helpful rather than harmfulâ"and that it makes peopleâs lives better and longer.

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"Cass Sunstein's quest is an important one."-Andrew Stark, TLS

"While we tend to think that offering information merely allows us to choose our means more carefully, without affecting what ends we actually want to pursue, Sunstein argues quite convincingly that for that government to highlight certain information may actually affect our goals."-Sarah Conly, author of Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism

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