دانلود کتاب Killjoys: A Critique of Paternalism

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Foreword
1 Paternalism and liberalism
The liberal view
2 The classical economist’s view
3 Soft paternalism and nudge theory
4 Coercive paternalism
The mirage of universal goals
Slippery slopes and runaway trains
The tyranny of the majority
5 Neo-paternalism: an assessment
Searching for the ‘true’ self
6 ‘Public health’ paternalism
The logic of ‘public health’
Public health versus ‘public health’
Consent
Risk
7 The politics of ‘public health’ paternalism
Industry as an agent of harm
Negative externalities
Advertising
Children and addiction
Asymmetric information and health warnings
Summary: ‘public health’ as hard paternalism
8 The consequences of hard paternalism
Higher costs for consumers
Loss of consumer surplus
Substitution effects
The black market
Stigmatisation
Poorer health
External costs
9 Towards better regulation
Reducing a person’s enjoyment is a cost
Perfection is neither possible nor desirable
Changing the costs and benefits is cheating
Influence is not coercion
Education and labelling
Taxation
Pricing
Controls on sale
Advertising
Teach economics
Glossary
References
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