Nudged into lockdown? Behavioural economics, uncertainty and Covid-19

摘要

The topic of covid-response policies - which include lockdowns, face masks and vaccine mandates among others - has been polarising. Applying a broad range of ideas from the behavioural economics toolkit, Nudged into Lockdown? considers both critical and affirming points of view regarding those policy decisions. Chaudhuri's analysis focuses on policy makers' thought processes and their interpretations of evidence about the risks and uncertainties they faced. Seeking to understand different viewpoints at face value rather than interrogate hidden strategies or motives, he juxtaposes the internal logic of both proponents and critics of the policies he analyses. Chaudhuri's determinedly even-minded approach will challenge readers on both sides, given how few of us seem to have found ourselves 'somewhere in the middle'.