Simpler: The Future of Government
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Simpler: The Future of Government is a book by legal scholar Cass Sunstein that explores how behavioral economics and "nudging" can make government regulation more efficient, transparent, and user-friendly.
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| Simpler: The Future of Government canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2704483 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simpler: The Future of Government Context triple: [Cass Sunstein, notableWork, Simpler: The Future of Government]
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A.
The Future of Ideas
The Future of Ideas is a book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that examines how excessive intellectual property regulation threatens innovation, creativity, and the openness of the digital commons.
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B.
From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America
"From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America" is a memoir by former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz that blends his personal story with reflections on business, leadership, and social responsibility in the United States.
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C.
Coping: Essays on the Practice of Government
Coping: Essays on the Practice of Government is a collection of essays by Daniel Patrick Moynihan analyzing the challenges, limitations, and practical realities of modern democratic governance and public policy.
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D.
Labyrinths of Democracy
Labyrinths of Democracy is a political science work by Heinz Eulau that explores the complexities and challenges of democratic processes and institutions.
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E.
Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It
"Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It" is a seminal public administration and political science book by James Q. Wilson that analyzes how and why government agencies operate as they do.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simpler: The Future of Government Target entity description: Simpler: The Future of Government is a book by legal scholar Cass Sunstein that explores how behavioral economics and "nudging" can make government regulation more efficient, transparent, and user-friendly.
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A.
The Future of Ideas
The Future of Ideas is a book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that examines how excessive intellectual property regulation threatens innovation, creativity, and the openness of the digital commons.
-
B.
From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America
"From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America" is a memoir by former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz that blends his personal story with reflections on business, leadership, and social responsibility in the United States.
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C.
Coping: Essays on the Practice of Government
Coping: Essays on the Practice of Government is a collection of essays by Daniel Patrick Moynihan analyzing the challenges, limitations, and practical realities of modern democratic governance and public policy.
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D.
Labyrinths of Democracy
Labyrinths of Democracy is a political science work by Heinz Eulau that explores the complexities and challenges of democratic processes and institutions.
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E.
Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It
"Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It" is a seminal public administration and political science book by James Q. Wilson that analyzes how and why government agencies operate as they do.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
make government more efficient
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make government more transparent ⓘ make government more user-friendly ⓘ |
| author |
Cass Sunstein
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surface form:
Cass R. Sunstein
Cass Sunstein ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
economics
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law ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| genre |
law and economics literature
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non-fiction ⓘ political science literature ⓘ public policy literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
behavioral economics research
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nudge theory ⓘ prospect theory ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 1476726623 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9781476726624 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
behavioral economics
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choice architecture ⓘ government regulation ⓘ libertarian paternalism ⓘ nudging ⓘ public administration ⓘ regulatory policy ⓘ |
| mediaType |
ebook
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print ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
application of nudging to government regulation
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simpler default rules for citizens ⓘ |
| pages | 272 ⓘ |
| proposes |
simplification of regulatory processes
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use of behavioral insights in policy design ⓘ use of choice architecture in regulation ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness ⓘ |
| topic |
administrative law
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consumer protection policy ⓘ cost-benefit analysis ⓘ environmental regulation ⓘ evidence-based policymaking ⓘ health policy nudges ⓘ regulatory impact analysis ⓘ simplification of government forms ⓘ transparency in government ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Simpler: The Future of Government Description of subject: Simpler: The Future of Government is a book by legal scholar Cass Sunstein that explores how behavioral economics and "nudging" can make government regulation more efficient, transparent, and user-friendly.
Referenced by (3)
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subject surface form:
Cass Sunstein