Heap-ing on Lippmann: Liberalising Behavioural Public Policy

Adam Oliver

Review of Behavioral Economics, 2024, vol. 11, issue 2, 255-273

Abstract: A Political Economy of Behavioural Public PolicyThe Good SocietythIn several articles over the past decade, Shaun Hargreaves Heap has proposed a liberal, constitutional approach to behavioural public policy that conflicts with the paternalistic consequentialist approaches that have dominated the field to date. In recent years, I too have developed a behavioural public policy framework that sits within the classical liberal tradition. Recently, in commenting on my book, , Hargreaves Heap identified similarities between my approach and that of the great 20 Century journalist and scholar, Walter Lippmann. In this article, I outline Lippmann’s arguments in his classic book, , in some detail, and reach the conclusion that Hargreaves Heap was right in suggesting that I am a Lippmannite. Finally, given that Hargreaves Heap and I share a belief in liberalism, I summarise why I think he is a Lippmannite too.

Date: 2024
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