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...

Governments are increasingly adopting behavioral science techniques for changing individual behavior in pursuit of policy objectives. The types of “nudge” interventions that governments are now adopting alter people's decisions without resorting to coercion or significant changes to economic...

"This timely Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of the growing field of nudging and its impact on society. The editors, Cass R. Sunstein and Lucia A. Reisch provide readers with a detailed exploration of the theoretical and empirical work on nudging, as well as an understanding of...

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?...