This Palgrave Pivot offers comprehensive evidence about what people actually think of “nudge” policies designed to steer decision makers’ choices in positive directions. The data reveal that people in diverse nations generally favor nudges by strong majorities, with a preference for...

Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Agency and Control -- Abstract -- Education and Architecture -- Two Systems -- A Challenge to the Very Possibility of Agency? -- The Goal and the Plan -- References -- Chapter 2 People Like Nudges (Mostly) -- Abstract -- A Principled Public?...