A Political Economy of Behavioural Public Policy

by Adam Oliver

Behavioural public policy has thus far been dominated by approaches that are based on the premise that it is entirely legitimate for policymakers to design policies that nudge or influence people to avoid desires that may not be in their own self- interest. This book argues, instead, for a liberal political economy that radically departs from these paternalistic frameworks. Oliver argues for a framework whereby those who impose no substantive harms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009282565
• ISBN13: 9781009282567
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"