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Why Nudge?: The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism Cass R. Sunstein
Publisher: Yale University Press

Filed under: books,Politics — danylmc @ 10:00 am. It was an effort to get economists, many of whom are political libertarians, to rethink paternalism — which is, let's face it, a pejorative amongst libertarians. In short, anyone who buys such primitive arguments is the very rube that the soft paternalistic professions like advertisers, political strategists and public relations people target. Jan 10, 2014 - Sunstein's lecture may possibly contain some of the themes from his forthcoming book “Why Nudge? Apr 8, 2010 - My reaction to Sunstein and Thaler's "libertarian paternalism" has always been: It would be a massive improvement over the pervasive non-libertarian paternalism of the status quo. Jan 21, 2014 - Ironically, it is a manifestation of precisely the sort of 'nudging' or 'soft paternalism' that Sunstein and Thaler advocate — and that the libertarians claim to hate. May 12, 2010 - The co-author of Nudge is Cass Sunstein, which should be enough to tell you that “libertarian” paternalism is about paternalism, not liberty. Nov 15, 2012 - By providing a critical analysis of the place of 'nudge' policies in a broader political landscape we seek to show how nudge policies re-conceptualize human action, and we trace the intellectual roots of nudge in terms of its links with emerging academic As Human Geographers, we are particularly concerned with unpacking the place of the loose political philosophy of 'libertarian paternalism', through which Behaviour Change policies have found political purchase. Dec 13, 2013 - Simply put, it's the idea that even highly competent, well-informed people fail to make choices in their best interest — and that it's okay for private and public institutions to step in and nudge them in the right direction without eliminating Paternalism � Coercion. Imagine a world where you could opt out of Social Security by Thaler advocate a more libertarian policy than the status quo. Not only that, but a lot of the stuff in Nudge doesn't have to do with government at all, but is about stuff like how you can lose weight, make wiser investments, etc. The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism” (March, 2014). 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. Just dump the libertarian stuff. Mar 29, 2009 - Libertarian Paternalism.