Human Agency and Behavioral Economics

Cass R. Sunstein is the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard University, USA. From 2009 to 2012, he was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School. Suntstein has written numerous books, including Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (with Richard H. Thaler, 2008) and Why Nudge?: The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism (2014).

• 1. Introduction: Agency and Control.- 2. People Like Nudges (Mostly).- 3. People Prefer Educative Nudges (Kind Of).- 4. How to Choose.- 5. “What Route Would You Like Me To Take?” Paternalists Who Force Choices.

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2017“This is a must-have volume for a collection in behavioral economics. … Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.” (M. H. Lesser, Choice, Vol. 55 (4), December, 2017)