The Dark Side of Nudges

ISBN-13: 9780367787974 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 108 str.

Maria Alejandra Madi

Opis

This book presents a critical approach to the study of nudging to highlight the foundations and effects of current policy-making trends in the neoliberal age of behavioural economics.It presents a re-examination of methodological foundations of behavioural economics and its consequences for addressing social and economic policy challenges.

Spis treści

Introduction: what does the “science” behind nudging really look like 1. Setting the scene: the concept of nudge.  2. The nudge approach to policy making.  3. Behavioural economics: methodological issues and philosophical concerns.  4. Nudging citizens in the context of neoliberalism: their hidden side.  5. Conclusion.

O autorze

Maria Alejandra Madi, PhD, is currently director of The Green Economics Institute Academy (UK), researcher at the Centre for Pragmatism Studies (Brazil), and asssistant editor of the International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education. She is a retired professor of economics at the Instituto de Economia, UNICAMP, Brazil.