Author: Linda Lindstöm

Critical debates about the nudge approach as a policy tool are often about that nudging “manipulates peoples choices“. That government tricks people to, in their unconsciousness, choose a certain choice.

In Sweden they have an alcohol monopoly, where only the store called Systembolaget is allowed to sell alcohol. Stated at Systembolagets webpage, it exists for one reason: “To minimize alcohol-related problems by selling alcohol in a responsible way, without profit motive.”