...D. Wade Hands This paper examines criticisms of libertarian paternalism, focusing in particular on so-called knowledge problems: the set of problems associated with the question of whether a choice architect would, or even could, have sufficient information to implement a successful libertarian...

...Erik W. Matson; Malte Dold We draw on David Hume’s essays on happiness to extend ideas about welfare, preferences, and the social role of behavioral welfare economists in Mario Rizzo’s and Glen Whitman’s (2020) Escaping Paternalism. Through literary dialogue, Hume illustrates...

...Shruti Rajagopalan In Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioral Economics, and Public Policy Rizzo and Whitman challenge behavioral economics and paternalism on multiple levels, from conceptual underpinnings and the meaning of rationality to more applied implications and policy...

.../ . The written permission of Emerald Publishing Limited must be obtained for commercial re-use. Behavioral policy nudge boost Libertarianism paternalism rationality consistency knowledge deficit D90 I30 Rizzo and Whitman (from hereon: R&W) are no friends of behavioral paternalist...

...Roger Koppl Escaping Paternalism’s critique of the rationality assumption vindicates von Mises’ distinction between egalitarian contracts and hierarchical commands, revealing “libertarian paternalism” as an oxymoron. Putting Escaping Paternalism in a zoological context lets us see...

... to the debate over soft forms of paternalism: the reductionist account of personal identity and the notion of rational consent. I argue that these two theses are directly relevant to tackle several issues that are central in the NBE defense of paternalistic policies. In particular, they help to reflect over...

... rights only Moral values paternalism welfare moral agency charity coercion There has been a lot of discussion of paternalism in public policy of late. Rather than trying to recapitulate that in all its complexity, I will present a brief overview of the current discourse...

...Robert Sugden I explore the area of economic life at the border between paternalism and entrepreneurship, with reference to dual-self Planner/Doer models used in behavioural economics. Using a concept of a ‘continuing person’ as the composition of her Doer selves at all points in time, I argue...