The Economist as Therapist: Methodological Ramifications of 'Light' Paternalism

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How Does Your Password Measure Up? The Effect of Strength Meters on Password Creation (2012, background): “This approach reflects the behavioral economics concept of nudging or soft paternalism [24] [34].”
What Is Privacy Worth? (2013, unknown): “Renewed interest in this area arose around the mid-1990s (see, for instance, Varian [1996], Noam [1996], and Laudon [1996]).”
Situational Strategies for Self-Control (2016, background): “…consequential life decisions for which they have been equipped with complete information about the relevant costs and benefits—behavioral economists have recently made spirited arguments for “light paternalism” (Loewenstein & Haisley, 2008) and “choice architecture” (Thaler & Sunstein, 2008).”