The Limits to Libertarian Paternalism: Two New Critiques and Seven Best-Practice Imperatives

Gill, Nick; Gill, Matthew

doi:10.1068/c11149r

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“…Established critiques of the psychological state have examined its implications for democratic norms and established assumptions about human autonomy (Gill and Gill, 2012; John et al., 2011: 22). Concerns have also been raised about the ways in which the submerged state tends to redefine the boundaries that demarcate the zones where state intervention within people’s personal lives is deemed to be legitimate (Mettler, 2011; Sunstein, 2014).…”

Section: From Psychological Governance To Experimental Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Politics done like science’: Critical perspectives on psychological governance and the experimental state

Jones

Whitehead

2018

Environ Plan D

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There has been a growing academic recognition of the increasing significance of psychologicallyand behaviourally-informed modes of governance in recent years in a variety of different states. We contend that this academic research has neglected one important theme, namely the growing use of experiments as a way of developing and testing novel policies. Drawing on extensive qualitative and documentary research, this paper develops critical perspectives on the impacts of the psychological sciences on public policy, and considers more broadly the changing experimental form of modern states. The tendency for emerging forms of experimental governance to be predicated on very narrow, socially disempowering, visions of experimental knowledge production is critiqued. We delineate how psychological governance and emerging forms of experimental subjectivity have the potential to enable more empowering and progressive state forms and subjectivities to emerge through more open and collective forms of experimentation.

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Section: From Psychological Governance To Experimental Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Politics done like science’: Critical perspectives on psychological governance and the experimental state

Jones

Whitehead

2018

Environ Plan D

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“…Fourth, such interventions could have negative impacts on unintended targets. For example, policies highlighting the dangers of over-eating could have a negative impact on young girls who become too weight conscious (Gill and Gill 2012). Policy programs regularly promote awareness of worst-case scenarios akin to scaremongering.…”

Section: New Paternalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

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This paper uses the discussion within the Italian fiscal tradition on the supposed Ricardian equivalence between debt and taxation to give context to the Western Australian (WA) Government's growing net debt from the late phase of the 'millennium boom'. It is suggested that WA's experience, in which growth in net debt has been driven significantly by growth in general government expenses, accords best with Pareto's main reason for rejecting Ricardian equivalence. The WA Government did have a strategy to maintain structural fiscal balance over the long term, but the targets or rules associated with that strategy were abandoned and replaced by weaker rules. It is argued that, if those rules were more 'constitutional' in character, then the WA Government's net debt would not have blown out in the manner that it did.Regional Australia faces many and diverse challenges and opportunities. Given that onesize-fits-all policy solutions are not appropriate for these diverse conditions, I argue that increasing interjurisdictional competition can foster regional development and resilience. If individuals and businesses are able to 'vote with their feet' for the local jurisdictions they prefer, market-like incentives are brought to bear on government. This would limit government power, enable lower-risk policy experimentation, make government more responsive to citizen needs and allow for policy more suited to local circumstances.

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“…This recognises that individuals often find costs and benefits difficult to identify and isolate (Gill and Gill, 2012). Group members may make decisions and seek benefits that are based on imperfect understandings of the cost/benefit payoff.…”

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Sustaining business networks: Understanding the benefit bundles sought by members of local business associations

Newbery

Gorton

Phillipson

et al. 2016

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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Local business associations can be important mechanisms for stimulating inter-firm cooperation leading to economic growth and development. However, previous research suggests that the unfulfilled expectations of their members can lead to low participation, high membership churn and network instability over time. As a departure from studies that have explored why local associations supply certain benefits and services, this paper draws on an original, demand side membership survey of local business associations to identify for the first time the bundles of benefits sought by members. Two bundles of benefits (instrumental and info-social) relating to thin and thick models of rational choice, respectively, are identified in explaining why firms join and remain part of associations. The relevance of these bundles to members was found to vary with business profile and length of membership, with the value of instrumental benefits reducing over time, whereas the demand for info-social benefits remained relatively stable. The findings have important implications for local strategies for sustaining business networks.

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The Limits to Libertarian Paternalism: Two New Critiques and Seven Best-Practice Imperatives

Abstract: Behavioural economists argue that humans are predictably irrational in various ways

Cited by 17 publications

References 56 publications

‘Politics done like science’: Critical perspectives on psychological governance and the experimental state

‘Politics done like science’: Critical perspectives on psychological governance and the experimental state

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Sustaining business networks: Understanding the benefit bundles sought by members of local business associations

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