Critica a proposta de Thaler e Sunstein

Recentemente Thaler deu uma entrevista a revista Veja onde expôs sua proposta para um plano de pensão. Tim Harford (via Marginal Revolution) apresenta a seguinte crítica:

Libertarian paternalism is the brainchild of Profs Thaler and Sunstein, but nudging is not. Nudging is good architecture, good design or good marketing and most nudges have been invented by private sector companies. Prof Thaler’s best policy idea – a pension plan called Save More Tomorrow – was tried by a manufacturing company rather than a government.