Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioral Economics, and Public Policy (Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society) - Hardcover

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Rizzo, Mario J.; Whitman, Glen

 
9781107016941: Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioral Economics, and Public Policy (Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society)
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ISBN 10: 1107016940 ISBN 13: 9781107016941
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2019

Synopsis

A powerful critique of nudge theory and the paternalist policies of behavioral economics, and an argument for a more inclusive form of rationality.

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About the Authors

Mario J. Rizzo is a professor of Economics, Director of the Foundations of the Market Economy Program, and Co-Director of the Classical Liberal Institute at New York University. He is the co-author of Austrian Economics Re-Examined: The Economics of Time and Ignorance (2014). He has published in such journals as Journal of Legal Studies, the Columbia Law Review and the UCLA Law Review.

Glen Whitman is a professor of Economics at California State University, Northridge. He is the co-editor of Economics of the Undead: Zombies, Vampires, and the Dismal Science (2014). He has published in such journals as the UCLA Law Review, the Journal of Legal Studies, and the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107016940
ISBN 13 
9781107016941
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
506

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