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A Political Economy of Behavioural Public Policy Behaviouralpublicpolicyhasthusfarbeendominatedbyapproaches thatarebasedonthepremisethatitisentirelylegitimateforpolicy- makers to design policies that nudge or influence people to avoid desires that may notbe in their ownself- interest. This bookargues, instead, for a liberal political economy that radically departs from these paternalistic frameworks. Oliver argues for a framework whereby thosewho impose no substantiveharms on others ought to be free of manipulative or coercive interference. On this view, BPP does not seek to “correct” an individual’s conception of the desired life.ThisbookisthethirdinatrilogyofbooksbyAdamOliveronthe originsandconceptualfoundationsofBPP. is a behavioural economist and behavioural public policy analyst in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has published and taught widely in the areas of health economics and policy, behav- ioural economics and behavioural public policy. He is a founding editor-in-chief of the journals Health Economics, Policy and Law and Behavioural Public Policy. He edited Behavioural Public Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2013) and authored The Origins of Behavioural Public Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2017) and Reciprocity and the Art of Behavioural Public Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2019). He is the chair of the International Behavioural Public Policy Association and founder of the Annual InternationalBehaviouralPublicPolicyConference. Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press A Political Economy of Behavioural Public Policy LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience Published online by Cambridge University Press ShaftesburyRoad,CambridgeCB28EA,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 103PenangRoad,#05–06/07,VisioncrestCommercial,Singapore238467 CambridgeUniversityPressispartofCambridgeUniversityPress&Assessment, adepartmentoftheUniversityofCambridge. WesharetheUniversity’smissiontocontributetosocietythroughthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781009282567 DOI:10.1017/9781009282574 ©AdamOliver2023 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisions ofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytake placewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress&Assessment. Firstpublished2023 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN978-1-009-28256-7Hardback ISBN978-1-009-28255-0Paperback CambridgeUniversityPress&Assessmenthasnoresponsibilityforthepersistence oraccuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhis publicationanddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwill remain,accurateorappropriate. Published online by Cambridge University Press Forthosewhoremaintruetothemselves Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press Contents ListofIllustrations pagex Preface xi Theme xi NotesonStyle xii Acknowledgements xiv Introduction 1 WhereIHaveBeen 1 WhereIAmGoing 6 1 Setting the Scene 10 TheOriginofReciprocity 12 Scarcity,AbundanceandReflection 15 ConstrainingFreedom 22 FoodforThought 25 2 Other Voices 26 PaternalisticyetFree 27 PaternalismwithoutFreedom 32 PaternalismatAll? 38 FoodforThought 40 3 AKingdomof Ends 41 MillAgain 43 FourLimitations 46 TheReturntoLiberalism 51 UnobjectionablePaternalism? 54 FoodforThought 55 vii Published online by Cambridge University Press viii 4 The View from Nowhere 56 HedonismandBeyond 57 TheParetianTurnandthevNMSidestep 61 TheNewEconomicsofHappiness 65 ViewsfromEverywhere 67 AShortSummary 70 FoodforThought 72 5 Nourishing Flourishing 73 SomePremisesandComponents 75 AgainstEgoism 77 NurturingReciprocity 82 FoodforThought 87 6 Anyone forDesert? 88 AContinuingTasteforDesert 91 IdentifyingDesert 94 TheDeservingPoor 100 FoodforThought 103 7 Private Matters 104 CurtailingInterference 106 ACompetitiveEdge 108 AppealingtoOurBetterAngels 113 FoodforThought 118 8 PublicMatters 119 ALiberalCommonGoal 121 ANeedtoCompete? 125 OtherWays 128 FoodforThought 133 9 The Lives of Others 134 WhentoRegulate? 137 Published online by Cambridge University Press ix DefiningBudges 141 IllustratingBudges 144 FoodforThought 148 10 Summing Up 149 HowIArrivedHere 149 AndFinally... 153 FinalFoodforThought 155 Notes 156 References 202 Index 210 Published online by Cambridge University Press
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