Screen LibraryEscaping paternalism : rationality, behavioral economics, and public policy /
"The burgeoning field of behavioral economics has produced a new set of justifications for paternalism. This book challenges behavioral paternalism on multiple levels, from the abstract and conceptual to the pragmatic and applied. Behavioral paternalism relies on a needlessly restrictive defini...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society
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"The burgeoning field of behavioral economics has produced a new set of justifications for paternalism. This book challenges behavioral paternalism on multiple levels, from the abstract and conceptual to the pragmatic and applied. Behavioral paternalism relies on a needlessly restrictive definition of rational behavior. It neglects nonstandard preferences, experimentation, and self-discovery. It relies on behavioral research that is often incomplete and unreliable. It demands a level of knowledge from policymakers that they cannot reasonably obtain. It assumes a political process largely immune to the effects of ignorance, irrationality, and the influence of special interests and moralists. Overall, behavioral paternalism underestimates the capacity of people to solve their own problems, while overestimating the ability of experts and policymakers to design beneficial interventions. The authors argue instead for a more inclusive theory of rationality in economic policymaking"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 496 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-476) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107016941 (hardcover) : 1107016940 (hardcover) 9781108760003 (paperback) 1108760007 (paperback) 9781139061810 (electronic publication) 113906181X (electronic publication) 9781108776158 (electronic book) 1108776159 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | HB74 |
| CLC: | F0-05 |
| Call Number: | F0-05/R627 |