To complement my earlier post, “Beware of Libertarian Paternalists,” I offer the following links:
Pitfalls of Paternalism (Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Hayek on the Use of Superior Expert Knowledge as a Justification for Paternalism (Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)
The Knowledge Problem of New Paternalism (Mario Rizzo, ThinkMarkets)
Little Brother Is Watching You: The New Paternalism on the Slippery Slopes (Mario Rizzo, ThinkMarkets)
New Paternalism on the Slippery Slopes, Part I (Glen Whitman, Agoraphilia)
Be sure to read the posts and articles linked therein.
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