Re: [Pen-l] methodological individualism & schools

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Perelman writes:
> David ... looks at the situation from the
> perspective of an individual child.  Given that setup, offering more
> choices to the child must be better.

It's the parents who make that choice (damn paternalism!), but no
matter.[*] Recent behavioral economic experiments have shown again and
again that more choice is not always better for the chooser. This is
despite the fact that behavioral economics is almost entirely
individualistic in terms of methodology.

This result can be seen in a big way with the Bush/GOP prescription
drug plan, which addled the minds of a lot of seniors, while
overworking pharmacists and others willing to help them.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.

[*] Why not let the kids decide? didn't William Golding have a book about that?
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