The Manipulation of Choice: Ethics and Libertarian Paternalism

by Mark D. White

Book Overview

This timely book makes a forceful argument that the analyses from behavioral economists are incomplete, the policies advocated by libertarian paternalists are misguided and unethical, and both actually reinforce the cognitive biases and dysfunctions that motivate 'nudges' in the first place. In a lighthearted manner, the author points out critical flaws in the way economists model decision-making, how behavioral economics failed to correct them, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137287764
• ISBN13: 9781137287762
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"