Nudges, Agency, and Abstraction: A Reply to Critics

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From Libertarian Paternalism to Nudging—and Beyond (2015, background): “Indeed, Thaler and Sunstein (2008) go into great details about how nudges can exploit such cognitive shortcuts in order to affect behaviour. Some nudges, in order to steer behaviour, will exploit this knowledge by seeking to trigger the use of certain heuristics. For example, Rebonato (2012) argues ”
Nudge: Concept, Effectiveness, and Ethics (2017, background): “Nudge theorists (Sunstein, 2015, 2016a; Thaler & Sunstein, 2008) claim that the basis on which we make poor lifestyle choices is commonly through the activation of System 1 type processes.”
A Review of Nudges: Definitions, Justifications, Effectiveness (2020, unknown): “A famous example in the nudge literature is that of GPS, which suggests a particular routewithout forcing the driver to follow it (Sunstein, 2015, 2018).”