Libertarian Paternalism Is Not an Oxymoron

By Chicago Unbound. 2003

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Future Lock-In: Future Implementation Increases Selection of 'Should' Choices (2008, background): “Additionally, as Sunstein and Thaler (2003) have recently written, many choices regarding the design of policies have behavioral consequences, whether a policy designer is attentive to them or not.”
Behavioral Law and Economics (2006, background): “Sunstein and Thaler (2003:1190-91) offer some support for this view in the context of default terms in employee savings plans.”
American attitudes toward nudges (2016, background): “Sunstein and Thaler (2003) state, “Libertarian paternalists are those who attempt to steer people’s choices in welfare-promoting directions without eliminating freedom of choice” (p. 1).”
Beyond nudges: Tools of a choice architecture (2012, background): “They appeal to a wide audience in their ability to guide choice, while at the same time preserving freedom to choose, and are often regarded as prototypical instruments of libertarian paternalism (Sunstein and Thaler 2003).”
The Role of Behavioural Economics in Energy and Climate Policy (2011, unknown): “Thaler and Sunstein (2008) argue that if individuals do not always choose what is best for them in the long run, it is welfare‐ enhancing for policy makers to ensure that the set of choices that individuals face is such that a long‐ term, welfare‐maximizing outcome becomes more likely.”
Green nudges: Do they work? Are they ethical? (2016, methodology): “…subset of BEPs, are ‘green nudges’, a part of the well-known nudge agenda popularized by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein (Thaler and Sunstein, 2003; Sunstein and Thaler, 2003; Thaler and Sunstein, 2008; Sunstein, 2014a) and implemented by governments across the globe.5 The behavior of 3 This is…”
From Libertarian Paternalism to Nudging—and Beyond (2015, background): “This question has motivated legal scholar Cass Sunstein and economist Richard Thaler to propose a set of policies under the umbrella term of Bnudges^ (Sunstein and Thaler 2003; Sunstein 2013; Sunstein 2014; Thaler and Sunstein 2008).”
Behavioral Economics and Marketing in Aid of Decision Making among the Poor (2006, background): “Recognition of such frailty suggests that ways to attain a healthy balance between libertarianism and paternalism (Sunstein and Thaler 2003) or between free market competition and consumer protection (see, e.g., Gans 2005; Sylvan 2004) should be considered.”