The Tyranny of Utility: Behavioral Social Science and the Rise of Paternalism by Gilles Saint-Paul

The Tyranny of Utility: Behavioral Social Science and the Rise of Paternalism

Gilles Saint-Paul

176 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

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The general assumption that social policy should be utilitarian--that society should be organized to yield the greatest level of welfare--leads inexorably to increased government interventions. Historically, however, the science of economics has a...

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