A ‘Simpler’ Government

I just finished reading Simpler by Cass Sunstein, the regulatory czar during President Obama’s first term.  Sunstein does a nice job of advocating for policies that “nudge” people toward choices that would make them happier in the long run.  He advocates policies that set default rules (like having people opt out of becoming organ donors instead of opting in), graphic cigarette warnings that make clear the dangers of smoking, and reviewing regulations regularly to make sure they are working.

My full review is here.

By: Stuart Shapiro

Stuart is a professor and the Director of the Public Policy
program at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers
University. He teaches economics and cost-benefit analysis and studies
regulation in the United States at both the federal and state levels.
Prior to coming to Rutgers, Stuart worked for five years at the Office
of Management and Budget in Washington under Presidents Clinton and
George W. Bush.