Feature Essay: The Second Baptist Syndrome
How behavioral experts provide deep cover for political opportunists
In their masterful new book, Escaping Paternalism, economists Glen Whitman and Mario Rizzo present an exhaustive treatment of behavioral economics, a newish subfield of economics that incorporates insights from psychology. This approach has produced a number of bestselling books, multiple Nobel Prize winners, and exerts considerable influence on current…
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