Suchergebnisse

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg long sought to address a wide range of public health problems, including those associated with obesity and smoking. A number of his initiatives seem to have been behaviorally informed. Like many experts, he believes that soda is a contributing factor to increasing obesity rates and that large portion sizes are making the problem worse. In 2012, he proposed to ban the sale of sweetened drinks in containers larger than sixteen ounces at restaurants, delis, theaters, stadiums, and food courts. The New York City Board of Health approved the ban, though it was later struck down in court.

El autor nos recuerda cuáles son las funciones y ventajas de un sistema adecuado de derechos de propiedad y rescata la importancia de una redacción constitucional adecuada para hacer que estos derechos políticos sean realmente efectivos. Con este fin ofrece a los lectores una serie de pautas a seguir, para evitar que se cometan errores catastróficos a través de una regulación mal enfocada, que no reconoce las condiciones constitucionales indispensables para la reforma de la democracia y el impulso del desarrollo económico.

"Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This highly informative Advanced Introduction explores the diverse and far-reaching legal implications of some of the key findings of behavioral economics. Cass Sunstein, a leader in this field, adopts an interdisciplinary approach to examining cutting-edge topics such as air pollution and climate change; public health and safety; pandemic response; occupational safety; road safety; and contract, property, and tort law. This Advanced Introduction provides a much-needed assessment and analysis of the law as a critical domain for the use of behavioral economics, and investigates how techniques including nudging, mandates, and taxes can be used to enhance the effectiveness and improve the implementation of the law.Key Features:Explains how legal systems and governments employ behavioral economicsExplores the crucial relationship between law, behavioral economics and human welfareHighlights the use of algorithms in law and policy, considering the relationship between algorithms, noise and bias Examines key concepts from behavioral economics including sludge, present bias, loss aversion, unrealistic optimism, and anchoringThis erudite Advanced Introduction will be an essential read for legal students, academics and researchers with an interest in behavioral economics, public policy and economic psychology. Highlighting how behavioral economics interacts with various other disciplines, it will also prove valuable to professionals and practitioners working in law, medicine, education and politics."

From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a timely and powerful argument for rethinking how the U.S. Constitution is interpretedThe U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the right to abortion and is revisiting all sorts of other fundamental questions today-about voting rights, affirmative action, gun laws, and much more. Once-arcane theories of constitutional interpretation are profoundly affecting the lives of all Americans. In this brief and urgent book, Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstein provides a lively introduction to competing approaches to interpreting the Constitution-and argues that the only way to choose one is to ask whether it would change American life for the better or worse. If a method of interpretation would eliminate the right of privacy, allow racial segregation, or obliterate free speech, it would be unacceptable for that reason.But some Supreme Court justices are committed to "originalism," arguing that the meaning of the Constitution is settled by how it was publicly understood when it was ratified. Originalists insist that their approach is dictated by the Constitution. That, Sunstein argues, is a big mistake. The Constitution doesn't contain instructions for its own interpretation. Any approach to constitutional interpretation needs to be defended in terms of its broad effects-what it does to our rights and our institutions. It must respect those rights and institutions-and safeguard the conditions for democracy itself.Passionate and compelling, How to Interpret the Constitution is essential reading for anyone who is concerned about how the Supreme Court is changing the rights and lives of Americans today

Here is one of the most fundamental questions in human life: How do we decide how we decide? We make such decisions all the time. If you trust your doctor, you might decide to follow a simple rule for medical decisions: Do whatever your doctor suggests. If you like someone a lot, and maybe love them, but are not sure whether you want to marry them, you might do this: Live with them first. Some of these strategies are wise. They prevent error. They improve your emotional well-being. Some of these strategies are foolish. They lead you in the direction of terrible mistakes. They prevent you from learning. They might make you miserable. Decisions about Decisions explores how people do, and should, make decisions about decisions. It aims to see what such decisions are, to explore how they go right, and see where they go wrong

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Conformity and Dissent -- 1. Doing What Others Do -- 2. Obeying (and Disobeying) the Law -- 3. Traveling in Herds -- 4. What Will the Neighbors Think? -- 5. Free Speech -- 6. The Law of Group Polarization -- 7. The Framers' Greatest Contribution -- 8. Are Judges Conformists Too? -- 9. Affirmative Action in Higher Education -- Conclusion: Why Dissent? -- Notes -- Index

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. What We Don't Know -- 2. With and Without Numbers -- 3. The Maximin Principle -- 4. The Precautionary Principle -- 5. Uncertainty -- 6. Objections -- 7. Irreversibility -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies -- Appendix B: Circular A-4 -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- One. Howling with the Wolves -- Two. The New Normal -- Three. Revolution Is in the Air -- Four. Lapidation and Apology -- Five. Founding -- Six. Refounding -- Seven. Radicals -- Eight. Liberalism -- Nine. "Who Will Stop Me?" The Cult of Ayn Rand -- Ten. History's Forks -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

How our shifting sense of ";what's normal"; defines the character of democracy";A provocative examination of social constructs and those who would alternately undo or improve them.";-Kirkus Reviews This sharp and engaging collection of essays by leading governmental scholar Cass R. Sunstein examines shifting understandings of what's normal, and how those shifts account for the feminist movement, the civil rights movement, the rise of Adolf Hitler, the founding itself, the rise of gun rights, the response to COVID-19, and changing understandings of liberty. Prevailing norms include the principle of equal dignity, the idea of not treating the press as an enemy of the people, and the social unacceptability of open expressions of racial discrimination. But norms are very different from laws. They arise and change in response to individual and collective action. Exploring Nazism, #MeToo, the work of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, constitutional amendments, pandemics, and the influence of Ayn Rand, Sunstein reveals how norms ultimately determine the shape of government in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere