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Richard Thaler on Subsidiarity - Dictionary of Arguments
Mause I 177 Subsidiarity/Thaler/Sunstein: one way to more subsidiarity is the liberal paternalism by Thaler and Sunstein. (1)(2) Problem: an apparent contradiction between paternalism (state correction) and liberalism (consumer sovereignty). Sunstein/Thaler Thesis: It is a mistake to assume that people have always chosen the most preferred alternative; rather, as empirical research in behavioural economics has shown, their choice can be easily influenced by the so-called "framing" of their decision-making situation, by "anchoring" or self-management problems (see in detail Kahneman (3)); a choice according to the standard economic theory of the benefit of expectation is therefore by no means the rule. 1. Thaler, Richard H., und Cass R. Sunstein, Libertarian paternalism. American Economic Review 93, (2), 2003. S.175– 179. 2. Thaler, Richard H., und Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge: Wie man kluge Entscheidungen anstößt, Berlin 2009. 3. D. Kahneman, Schnelles Denken, langsames Denken. München 2012, S. 152– 163._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
EconThaler I Richard Thaler Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics New York 2016 Mause I Karsten Mause Christian Müller Klaus Schubert, Politik und Wirtschaft: Ein integratives Kompendium Wiesbaden 2018 |