The paper seeks to recast the goal of nudge policy from a goal of achieving a specific result determined by government …-paternalistic nudge policy. The goal of non-paternalistic nudge policy is not to achieve a better result as seen by government or by … behavioral economists. The goal of non-paternalistic nudge policy is to achieve a better result as seen by the agents being …

This The goal of nudge policy is generally presented as assisting people in finding their “true” preferences … policies are unacceptably paternalistic. This paper suggests that by changing the explicit goal of nudge policy to a goal of … a non-paternalistic nudge policy that better fits with the values inherent in Classical liberalism. The goal of non …