White, Mark (2013) The richness of personal interests: A neglected aspect of the nudge debate. British Politics and Policy at LSE (23 Oct 2013). Website.
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Abstract
Within the ‘nudge’ debate there is one assumption that goes unquestioned by advocates and critics alike: that people regularly and predictably make bad decisions. Policymakers necessarily substitute their own idea of what people’s interests are and then use nudges to steer the person in that direction. Mark White argues that only we can know when we’re making bad choices according to our own interests, and that it’s not ethical to use psychological tactics to steer people into making different choices
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| Date Deposited: | 10 May 2017 08:07 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 19:07 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/76244 |
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