title: Executive Order: Obama Orders Behavioral Experiments On Americans
text: If you think this is a good idea then you might be a leftist. Our government wants to nudge us to do what they want.President Obama announced a new executive order on Tuesday which authorizes federal agencies to conduct behavioral experiments on U.S. citizens in order to advance government initiatives.In its 2013 memo, which was reported by Fox News at the time, the White House openly admitted that the initiative involved behavioral experimentation.The initiative draws on research from University of Chicago economist Richard Thaler and Harvard law school professor Cass Sunstein, who was also dubbed Obama s regulatory czar. The two behavioral scientists argued in their 2008 book  Nudge  that government policies can be designed in a way that  nudges  citizens towards certain behaviors and choices.Read more: Daily Caller