Archive | Libertarian Paternalism
Steven Levitt’s “Daughter Test” for Paternalistic Policies
Broccoli, Slippery Slopes, and the Individual Mandate
By Ilya Somin on January 25, 2011 3:26 pm in Federalism, Health Care, Individual Mandate, Libertarian Paternalism, Paternalism
Does the Supposedly Superior Expertise of Regulators Justify Libertarian Paternalism?
By Ilya Somin on April 19, 2010 9:56 pm in Libertarian Paternalism, Paternalism, Political Ignorance, Public Choice, Uncategorized
Richard Thaler Responds to Critics of Libertarian Paternalism
The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism
By Ilya Somin on April 15, 2010 12:35 am in Libertarian Paternalism, Libertarianism, Paternalism, Political Ignorance
Welfare Evaluation, Behavioral Agents and Rational Agents
By Kenneth Anderson on April 14, 2010 10:48 pm in Economy, Libertarian Paternalism, Paternalism, Regulation
Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics
By Kenneth Anderson on April 10, 2010 5:53 pm in Economy, Libertarian Paternalism, Libertarianism, Regulation
Rational Ignorance Alert! Rational Ignorance Alert!
How Markets Make Us More Rational
By Ilya Somin on January 6, 2010 8:36 pm in Libertarian Paternalism, Paternalism, Political Ignorance
Paternalism and Slippery Slopes
By Ilya Somin on November 6, 2009 12:59 am in Libertarian Paternalism, Paternalism, Political Ignorance
Hayek on the Use of Superior Expert Knowledge as a Justification for Paternalism
Pitfalls of Paternalism
By Ilya Somin on October 14, 2009 12:43 am in Libertarian Paternalism, Paternalism, Political Ignorance