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The i-frame and the s-frame: How focusing on individual-level solutions has led behavioral public policy astray

The Behavioral and brain sciences, 2023-01, Vol.46, Article e147 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press ;ISSN: 0140-525X ;EISSN: 1469-1825 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X22002023

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  • Title:
    The i-frame and the s-frame: How focusing on individual-level solutions has led behavioral public policy astray
  • Author: Chater, Nick ; Loewenstein, George
  • Subjects: Alternative energy ; Behavior ; Behavioral economics ; Climate change ; Cognitive ability ; Malnutrition ; Paternalism ; Physiology ; Plastic debris ; Psychology ; Public policy ; Self interest ; Target Article ; Tariffs
  • Is Part Of: The Behavioral and brain sciences, 2023-01, Vol.46, Article e147
  • Description: An influential line of thinking in behavioral science, to which the two authors have long subscribed, is that many of society's most pressing problems can be addressed cheaply and effectively at the level of the individual, without modifying the system in which the individual operates. We now believe this was a mistake, along with, we suspect, many colleagues in both the academic and policy communities. Results from such interventions have been disappointingly modest. But more importantly, they have guided many (though by no means all) behavioral scientists to frame policy problems in individual, not systemic, terms: To adopt what we call the “i-frame,” rather than the “s-frame.” The difference may be more consequential than i-frame advocates have realized, by deflecting attention and support away from s-frame policies. Indeed, highlighting the i-frame is a long-established objective of corporate opponents of concerted systemic action such as regulation and taxation. We illustrate our argument briefly for six policy problems, and in depth with the examples of climate change, obesity, retirement savings, and pollution from plastic waste. We argue that the most important way in which behavioral scientists can contribute to public policy is by employing their skills to develop and implement value-creating system-level change.
  • Publisher: New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0140-525X
    EISSN: 1469-1825
    DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X22002023
  • Source: ProQuest One Psychology
    ProQuest Central
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