Thoughts on BC Politics and More

  ... Governments have always intervened in economic and social life. Regulation, financial incentives, information, and awareness-raising, as well as training and education, are the measures traditionally used in the deployment of public policies. Since the Second World War, and up until recently, psychological techniques were not usually part of the government toolkit, or were only anecdotally so. But the advent of behavioural science and neuroscience has offered leaders a new way to intervene. This Economic Note explains the way in which politics can mobilize psychology and proposes a number of recommendations designed to protect fundamental rights and democracy ... CLICK HERE for the full report