behavioural science
Applying how people actually decide to policy, rather than assuming how they should.
- JF
Jason Furman quoted
Their wordsBut to date, the integration of behavioral science into public policy has proceeded from developing a set of tools to then searching for problems these tools can help solve.
↗Applying Behavioral Sciences in the Service of Four Major Economic Problemsdoi.org 1st of 2 in this piece
- JF
Jason Furman quoted
Their wordsBehavioral science can play an even more important role in the policymaking process in coming years if practitioners instead begin with some of the large-scale questions that economic policymakers face and then develop insights that, often as a complement to more traditional policy tools, can help solve them.
↗Applying Behavioral Sciences in the Service of Four Major Economic Problemsdoi.org 2nd of 2 in this piece