Orobon, Frédéric <br/><br/>
Is Libertarian Paternalism an Oxymoron, or the Future of the Welfare State ? 

 -  2013.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> Libertarianism and paternalism are apparently contradictory, the former upholding individual freedom, the latter aimed at protecting people from themselves. Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler’s theory of « libertarian paternalism » nevertheless associate the two terms, in the name of social welfare.