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Behavioral economics combines elements of psychology and economics to analyze how biases affect decision-making and how to design interventions that help individuals make better choices. This discipline focuses on ethical manipulation, encouraging positive outcomes for individuals rather than exploiting their biases for profit. By creating choice architectures, businesses can guide consumers towards decisions that will positively impact their lives. For example, an ethical application of behavioral economics in voting policy could involve automatically enrolling citizens to vote upon reaching voting age, thereby making the process easier and promoting higher participation rates.