# 'Nudge' policies are another name for coercion

<http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228376.500-nudge-policies-are-another-name-for-coercion.html>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

Economist Richard Thaler and legal scholar Cass Sunstein (now a senior policy-maker in the Obama administration) present the latest, and subtlest, version of this temptation in their influential work on "nudging" people into making wiser choices. They argue that wise decision-makers should tweak the options and information available so that the easiest choice is the right one. For example, this can guide people to donate their organs if they die unexpectedly by making organ donation an opt-out rather than an opt-in choice. And it can encourage people to plan for their pensions by making pension contributions automatic for everyone who does not explicitly opt out of the system.

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