Rethinking nudge: not one but three concepts

Rethinking optimality: eight concepts

Traditional concepts of optimality in economics, operations research and management sciences are characterized by maximizing (or minimizing) a single objective function, i.e., Max f(x) or Max U(J(x)) subject to constraints X. This usually explicates a unique solution x* subject to all x E X, i.e., considering only the decision alternatives Of options belonging to a fixed, constrained set. As a ...

To nudge or not to nudge: cancer screening programmes and the limits of libertarian paternalism.

'Nudging--and the underlying idea 'libertarian paternalism'--to an increasing degree influences policy thinking in the healthcare sector. This article discusses the influence exerted upon a woman's choice of participation in the Danish breast screening programme in light of 'libertarian paternalism'. The basic tenet of 'libertarian paternalism' is outlined and the relationship between 'libertar...

CHAPTER ONE " But I ' m Not

not intervention but participation

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Group selection and kin selection: two concepts but one process.

In a recent paper, Traulsen and Nowak use a multilevel selection model to show that cooperation can be favored by group selection in finite populations [Traulsen A, Nowak M (2006) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103:10952-10955]. The authors challenge the view that kin selection may be an appropriate interpretation of their results and state that group selection is a distinctive process "that permeates ...