Maya Shankar is a senior policy advisor at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy. Her mandate is to supervise the organization of a federal government ‘nudge squad’ that will subtly change the behaviors of bureaucrats — and the rest of us. The book ‘Nudge’ has become a bible for advocates of ‘choice architecture’ decision-making in government. (Engineering Evil) Maya says: “Insights from the social and behavioral sciences can be used to help design public policies that work better, cost less, and help people to achieve their goals.” Spoken like a true radical.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:16:06 +0000
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