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How Change Happens

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by Cass R Sunstein


  delegation and, 139–144, 288n4

  environmental issues and, 140, 145

  food and, 138–140

  freedom of choice and, 138

  intrinsic value and, 137–138, 145

  Lockean Exclamation and, 137–145

  loss/gain trials and, 142

  Madisonian Exclamation and, 139–141, 144–145

  micromanagers and, 140

  motivation for, 143–145

  nudges and, 138

  paternalism and, 138

  politics and, 137–139, 145

  precautions and, 201

  preferences and, 138–139, 142–144

  premium of, 141–142

  principals and, 139–141

  psychology and, 137, 140

  rational choice and, 139–141, 157

  reactance and, 113, 137

  risk and, 138

  savings and, 140, 145

  self-control and, 87–91, 94, 108, 144, 147

  sex and, 138

  System 1 and, 140

  System 2 and, 140

  timing of, 143–145

  utility and, 142–143

  values and, 137–145

  welfare and, 143

  Cost-benefit analysis

  coercion and, 148, 154–155

  contingent valuation and, 175–176, 179

  control and, 144

  forcing choices and, 83, 284n4

  loss/gain trials and, 142

  moral heuristics and, 226–229

  nudges and, 83, 101, 111, 140, 144, 148, 154, 159, 161, 175

  partyism and, 270

  precautions and, 203

  preferences and, 159, 161, 175

  rights and, 243, 248

  risk regulation and, 226–232

  social norms and, 8, 18, 48–49

  transparency and, 184–185, 189–190, 192, 197–199

  Criminal behavior

  conspiracies and, 20, 33

  expressive function of law and, 40, 46, 52

  forcing choices and, 72–73

  free speech and, 40

  group polarization and, 20, 33, 282n28

  moral heuristics and, 194, 197

  nudges and, 59, 63, 72–73, 161

  preferences and, 161

  rights and, 243

  signaling behavior and, 46

  transparency and, 194, 197

  Cropper, Maureen, 225

  Darwinism, 116

  Data.gov, 188

  DDT, 207

  Deadweight Loss of Christmas, The (Waldfogel), 48–49

  Default rules

  choice architecture and, 68, 71–72, 81, 87, 95–101, 104, 109–110, 114–115, 118, 121, 123, 125, 130, 148

  coercion and, 147–150, 155

  control and, 138

  counternudges and, 96, 102–111

  effectiveness of, 62

  effort tax and, 97–99

  ethics and, 115–134

  forcing choices and, 68, 70–72, 75–77, 79–82

  informational signal of, 98, 101, 113

  loss aversion and, 98, 100, 103, 109–110, 130, 135, 154

  nudges and, 59–62, 68–72, 75–82, 87, 92, 95–134, 138, 147–150, 155, 176

  preferences and, 98–101, 176

  privacy and, 104

  sticking rules and, 97–98, 105–106, 108

  welfare and, 87, 92

  Delegation

  control and, 139–144, 288n4

  forcing choices and, 79–84

  nudges and, 69, 79–84, 139–144

  partyism and, 269–270

  Democrats, 197, 258–260, 262–263, 266, 270–271

  Deontologists, 131

  behavioral evidence and, 248–250

  central objection to, 251–252

  cognitive reflection test (CRT) and, 249–250

  footbridge problem and, 174–175, 245–248, 250, 254

  Kantians vs. Benthamites and, 252

  legal issues and, 243

  morals and, 216, 220–223, 243–244, 253–255

  neuroscience and, 244–253

  psychology and, 220–221, 245, 250–251, 255

  punishment and, 243

  rights and, 243–255, 301nn2,4, 302nn18,22

  torture and, 243

  trolley problem and, 174–175, 245–246, 250, 254

  visual/verbal cognitive styles and, 248–249

  de Wijk, Rene A., 100–101

  Dignity

  coercion and, 149

  ethics and, 115, 117, 119–120, 126–128, 134

  expressive function of law and, 52–55

  forcing choices and, 68, 78, 80, 84

  Disabilities, 3, 170

  Disclosure

  coercion and, 152

  ethics and, 117, 126, 130, 134

  forcing choices and, 76

  Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and, 186–187, 190, 197–198

  nudges and, 60–63, 65, 76, 95, 107–108, 111–113, 117, 126, 130, 134, 152, 176

  preferences and, 176

  Presidential Records Act and, 198

  transparency and, 184–199

  Discrimination

  African Americans and, 21, 34, 39, 46–47, 171, 258–260

  availability heuristic and, 10–12

  civil rights and, 14–15, 43, 51

  ethics and, 115

  moral heuristics and, 217

  nudges and, 63, 115

  online, 278n10

  preferences and, 12–13, 170–172, 178–179

  prejudice and, 21 (see also Prejudice)

  racism and, 15, 21, 257, 261–262

  religious, 6–7, 115, 170

  republicanism and, 12

  Saudi Arabia and, 5–6, 8, 13–14

  sex, 6, 8–15, 115, 170

  social norms and, 6–15, 43, 51–52, 279n25

  Trump and, 16

  unleashing and, 6–15

  xenophobia and, 16

  Drugs

  Food and Drug Administration and, 189, 192

  lag to market of, 206, 209

  nudges and, 107, 139, 162

  pharmaceutical profits and, 253–254

  social norms and, 7, 15, 46–47

  Duelfer Report, 265

  Economic incentives

  expressive function of law and, 54, 283n13

  nudges and, 59, 61, 97, 103, 111

  Effort tax, 97–99

  Egorov, Georgy, 16

  Emissions, 53–54, 111, 153, 183, 189, 229–230

  Enclave deliberation, 20, 35–37

  Endangered Species Act, 41

  Entitlements

  coercion and, 153

  forcing choices and, 78, 284n4

  nudges and, 78, 87, 106–107, 153, 177, 284n4

  preferences and, 177

  transparency and, 186, 194

  welfare and, 87

  Environmental issues

  coercion and, 150–153

  control and, 140, 145

  DDT and, 206

  economic incentives and, 283n13

  emissions and, 53–54, 111, 153, 183, 189, 229–230

  expressive function of law and, 41, 44–45, 53–54

  forcing choices and, 68

  fuel economy and, 59, 87, 111, 152–155, 185

  genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and, 10, 30, 202, 205–207, 209, 239

  group polarization and, 32, 35

  hazardous waste and, 32, 233

  moral heuristics and, 229

  nudges and, 62–63, 65, 68, 87, 97, 111, 114, 140, 150–153

  pollution, 45, 53, 95, 111, 115, 147, 152–153, 183, 188–189, 205, 225, 228–230, 283n13

  precautions and, 203

  Seas at Risk conference and, 203–204

  Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) and, 188–189

  transparency and, 183–184, 188, 192

  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and, 203

  unleashing and, 11

  welfare and, 87

  Wingspread Declaration and, 203
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  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 183–184, 189, 192, 195, 270

  Equal Protection Clause, 55

  eRecall, 187

  Ethics

  abstraction and, 117–122

  active choosing and, 118–120, 124–125, 132–134

  automatic enrollment and, 124, 127–128

  autonomy and, 115, 117, 119–125, 129–134

  availability heuristic and, 122

  bans and, 116, 133

  beliefs and, 126, 128

  bias and, 116–118, 122–124, 133

  choice architecture and, 115–125, 130, 133–134

  coercion and, 116, 121, 124–126

  consumers and, 120, 122

  context and, 134–135

  convergence of theories on, 301n2

  default rules and, 115–134

  dignity and, 115, 117, 119–120, 126–128, 134

  disclosure and, 117, 126, 130, 134

  discrimination and, 115

  food and, 120, 122, 129

  freedom of choice and, 116, 120–122, 125–126, 135

  human cloning and, 235–237

  insults and, 120, 125–126, 129–130

  intuition and, 235–236, 253, 297n16, 298n32

  learning and, 132–133

  loss aversion and, 130, 135

  manipulation and, 117, 119–120, 125–135

  negative option marketing and, 120

  nudges and, 116, 133

  paternalism and, 120–124

  politics and, 118, 127

  prejudice and, 115

  religion and, 115

  reminders and, 121, 127, 130, 132, 134

  retirement and, 120, 127–128, 133

  risk and, 121–127

  sex and, 115

  simplification and, 130

  social norms and, 118, 121, 127, 130–131

  statistics and, 119

  System 1 and, 117, 126, 131, 135

  System 2 and, 117

  values and, 121–122

  warnings and, 117–118, 121, 127, 130–135

  welfare and, 115–117, 119, 121–126, 131–132, 134

  Ethnification, 34–35

  Evaluability, 158–160, 163, 167–168, 170, 172, 179

  Evolution, 223–226, 238

  Expressive function of law

  bans and, 41, 47, 50

  Brown v. Board of Education and, 40

  cascades and, 46, 48

  coercion and, 47

  collective action and, 44–46, 51–52

  commodification and, 50

  consequences and, 53–54

  constraints and, 54–55

  criminal behavior and, 40, 46, 52

  danger and, 46–48

  dignity and, 52–55

  discrimination and, 43, 51–52

  economic incentives and, 54, 283n13

  endangered species and, 41, 44

  environmental issues and, 41, 44–45, 53–54

  equality and, 51–52

  flag burning and, 40–41, 52

  hate speech and, 41, 43

  immigrants and, 40, 44

  injustice and, 40, 44

  insults and, 49

  making statements and, 41–44

  mandates and, 42, 45

  money and, 48–51

  paternalism and, 41, 47–48

  Plessy v. Ferguson and, 40

  punishment and, 40, 43–44, 48

  qualifications and, 52

  risk and, 41–42, 46–48, 55

  sanctions and, 41, 44, 47–48, 50–51

  segregation and, 40, 43, 283n1

  social norms and, 39–55

  students and, 39, 43

  utility and, 46–47

  welfare and, 43–44, 46, 52

  Externalities, 87, 111, 153, 177

  Famine, 185–186

  Federalist No. 10, 268, 288n4

  Federalist Society, 5

  Federal Reserve Board, 102–104, 106

  Federation for American Immigration Reform, 16

  Feminism

  #MeToo movement and, 11, 21, 273

  moral heuristics and, 217, 221

  social norms and, 21, 24, 26, 35, 51

  Fiorin, Stefano, 16

  Flag burning, 40

  fMRI studies, 246, 302n18

  Food

  coercion and, 148

  control and, 138–140

  ethics and, 120, 122, 129

  genetically modified, 10, 30, 202, 205–207, 209, 239

  healthy, 59–60, 63, 93, 100–101, 112–113, 129, 138–139

  moral heuristics and, 237

  nudges and, 59–60, 63, 89, 100–101, 110, 112–113, 120, 122, 129, 138–140, 148

  nutrition facts and, 59

  organic, 7, 208

  placement of, 100

  precautions and, 205–209, 212, 296n24

  safety regulations and, 110

  transparency and, 60, 186, 189, 192

  weight issues and, 65, 89

  welfare and, 101

  Food stamps, 49

  Footbridge problem, 174–175, 245–248, 250, 254

  Forcing choices

  active choosing and, 62, 68–82, 85

  agency and, 68, 72, 78, 80, 84

  alienation and, 81

  asymmetries and, 81–82

  autonomy and, 68, 76–81, 84–85

  availability heuristic and, 83

  beliefs and, 69

  bias and, 69, 82–83

  choice architecture and, 68, 71–72

  coercion and, 68, 70, 72

  collective action and, 72, 78, 81, 83

  consumers and, 68, 71, 73, 76

  cost-benefit analysis and, 83, 284n4

  criminal behavior and, 72–73

  default rules and, 68, 70–72, 75–77, 79–82

  delegation and, 79–84

  dignity and, 68, 78, 80, 84

  disclosure and, 76

  emotional costs and, 67, 79, 284n4

  entitlements and, 78, 284n4

  environmental issues and, 68

  freedom of choice and, 68, 78, 80–81, 84

  insults and, 78, 80, 82

  intrinsic value and, 84

  intuitive vs. deliberative systems and, 68

  morals and, 69

  nudges and, 67–85

  paternalism and, 68–72, 77–85

  politics and, 76

  preferences and, 69–73, 76

  pride of place and, 68

  privacy and, 65, 67, 70, 73, 80

  punishment and, 72

  religion and, 81

  reminders and, 82

  retirement and, 73, 75, 80, 85

  risk and, 82

  sanctions and, 72–73

  statistics and, 68, 84

  System 1 and, 68

  System 2 and, 68

  values and, 78, 84–85

  varieties of choice and, 71–75

  warnings and, 81

  welfare and, 68, 70, 77–84

  Fox News, 264, 266

  Framing, 92, 109–110, 130–132, 224–226, 228, 298n27

  Frederick, Shane, 218

  Freedom of choice

  agency and, 68 (see also Agency)

  coercion and, 147–152, 155, 289n2

  control and, 138

  ethics and, 116, 120–122, 125–126, 135

  forcing choices and, 68, 78, 80–81, 84

  nudges and, xi, 60, 68, 78, 80–81, 84, 108–110, 114, 116, 120–122, 125–126, 135, 138, 147–152, 155, 289n2

  welfare and, 68, 78, 84, 108, 110, 114, 150, 152, 289n2

  Freedom of information, 186–187, 189–190, 197–199

  Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 186–187, 190, 197–198

  Freedom of speech, 44, 109, 186, 243–244, 250

  French Revolution, x

  Fuel economy, 59, 87, 111, 152–155, 185

  Gender issues, 6, 11, 35, 39, 51, 170, 172

  Genetically modified organisms (GMOs), 10, 30, 202, 205–207, 209, 239

  Gibbs,
Lois Marie, 32

  God, xi, 137, 226, 235–238

  Gould, Stephen Jay, 217

  Greene, Joshua, 253

  Greenhouse gases, 111, 183, 189, 198, 205

  Group polarization

  affective factors and, 28

  affirmative action and, 19–20, 26

  argument pools and, 20, 26, 29, 35

  cascades and, 21, 31–32, 34

  coercion and, 33

  confidence and, 20, 22, 27–28, 32–33, 35

  corroboration and, 20, 27

  criminal behavior and, 20, 33, 282n28

  culture and, 34–35, 280n2

  deliberation and, 19–25, 29–31, 35–37

  depolarization and, 29–30

  environmental issues and, 32, 35

  events and, 31–32

  extremism and, 20–22, 27–28, 33, 37, 281n16

  gun rights and, 19

  hate speech and, 33

  identity and, 28–29

  immigration and, 19

  injustice and, 20, 36–37

  legal issues and, 19, 24

  manipulation and, 28

  mechanisms of, 21–22, 25–27

  out-groups and, 33–34

  outrage heuristic and, 24–25

  polarization entrepreneurs and, 32

  politics and, 20, 22, 24, 28–33, 35

  prejudice and, 21, 36

  psychology and, 21

  punishment and, 24–25, 29, 31

  refinements on, 27–30

  religion and, 20, 31

  reputation and, 20–21, 34–35

  risk and, 20, 22–26, 29, 36

  role of information and, 20–21, 25–29, 31, 34–35

  self-categorization and, 281n16

  shared identity and, 20

  shifts and, 22–30

  social comparison and, 26–27, 281n16

  social norms and, 19–37

  solidarity and, 28–29

  statistics and, 19, 22, 27–28

  strife and, 34–35

  students and, 20

  suppressed voices and, 29, 34–37

  Gun rights, 19, 27

  Gypsy (TV series), 17

  Hate speech, 33, 41, 43

  Hayek, F. A., 123, 133

  Hazardous waste, 32, 233

  Hedonic tax, 67, 79, 139–140

  Hill, Anita, 11

  Hirschman, Albert, 95, 114, 285n2

  Hitler, Adolph, x, 7

  Homunculus, 216–219, 227, 229, 234, 239, 255

  Human error, 83, 147, 155

  Hussein, Saddam, 265

  Immigrants, 11, 16–17, 19, 40, 44, 138, 141

  Implementation intentions, 64

  Implicit association test (IAT), 258–259, 303n4

  Injustice, 13, 20, 36–37, 40, 44

  Insults

  ethics and, 120, 125–126, 129–130

  expressive function of law and, 49

  forcing choices and, 78, 80, 82

  Intrinsic value, 84, 137–138, 145, 149, 152

  Iraq War, 265

  Iyengar, Shanto, 258–261, 264

  Journalists, 191–192, 195–196

  Judd, Ashley, 11

  Kahneman, Daniel, 215–216, 218, 224, 240

  Kass, Leon, 236–237

  Kennedy, John F., x

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 11, 32

 

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