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Reciprocity and the Art of Behavioural Public Policy, Adam Oliver . Cambridge University Press, 2019, xvii + 194 pages. - Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioural Economics and Public Policy, Mario J. Rizzo and Glen Whitman. Cambridge University Press, 2020, xii + 496 pages.

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Reciprocity and the Art of Behavioural Public Policy, Adam Oliver . Cambridge University Press, 2019, xvii + 194 pages.

Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioural Economics and Public Policy, Mario J. Rizzo and Glen Whitman. Cambridge University Press, 2020, xii + 496 pages.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2020

Robert Sugden*
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University of East Anglia

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