For many in the West, paternalism manifest as state interference carries a pejorative connotation, it is often taken to entail unjustified restrictions on autonomy and self-determination frequently believed precipitate bureaucracy, corruption, inefficiency. Meanwhile, uncritical deference policies which individual liberties remain essentially unchecked by oversight has faced renewed scrutiny si...

Abstract Many contemporary defenders of paternalist interventions favor a version paternalism focused on how people often choose the wrong means given their own ends. This idea is typically justified by empirical results in psychology and behavioral economics. To extent that can then target promotion goals be said to our own, such are prima facie less problematic. One this argument starts from ...

Ubiquitous Computing technologies will have a wide impact on our daily lives in the future. Currently, most debates about social implications of these technologies concentrate on different aspects of privacy and data security. However, the authors of this paper argue that there is more to consider from a social perspective: In particular, the question is raised how people can maintain control i...

Firm-level evidence suggests that family firms are more apt to honor implicit labor contracts than are widely held firms, making family firms especially successful at winning workers’ loyalty–a trait that is reflected in fewer strikes and lower unionization rates. Accordingly, we might expect to see more family ownership in countries in which labor relations, for cultural or historical reasons,...

At the same time, significant progress in cancer treatment was under way, and an early diagnosis began to provide more hope for the cancer patient. Public educational efforts began to focus on providing information to lay people about cancer. Experts in the field prepared pamphlets describing various cancers and their warning signs in order to help patients turn to physicians at appropriate tim...

This paper investigates how the possibility of government subsidies to firms affects lending and managerial incentives. We develop a model that shows that government support can perform as implicit insurer of firms, which leads to two main effects: lowering incentives of managers and increase of incentives to finance. The equilibrium with government intervention can be more efficient than one w...

Professor Brushwood discusses the effectiveness of the Internet as a medium for carrying out pharmaceutical care. A proponent of Internet pharmacy, Professor Brushwood argues that pharmacy regulators could best protect and promote public health through responsive Internet regulation. Wary of state paternalism, the article advocates the Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Site program of the Nat...