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Cass R. Sunstein

Cass R. Sunstein
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Cass R. Sunstein

Cass R. Sunstein is the nation’s most-cited legal scholar who, for the past fifteen years, also has been at the forefront of behavioral economics. From 2009 to 2012, he served as the administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. He is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. His book, Nudge, coauthored with Richard Thaler, was a national bestseller.

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Simpler will be released on April 09, 2013 in Hardcover, eBook
Apr 09, 2013
Simpler is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Apr 09, 2013
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Jan 25, 2013
Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech will be released on February 01, 1995 in
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Money Week, April 22, 2013
...Cass R Sunstein advocates the role of the government in coaxing people into making better choices. But not everyone agrees, says Matthew Partridge...
New York Times, April 8, 2013
...advice. (Simplification requires a thorough and pervasive commitment by an organization to empathize, distill and clarify.) Simpler, by Cass R. Sunstein who as the administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs from 2009 to...
FavStocks, December 21, 2012
...s Almanac by Jeff Hirsch Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life by Timothy Ferriss...
FavStocks, December 17, 2012
...publicity, but has amazing information. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein, was rated a Best Book of the Year by The Economist. The book covers all kinds of decision making...
Broker News, December 13, 2012
...Drawing on decades of research in the fields of behavioural science and economics, authors Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein offer a new perspective on preventing the countless mistakes we make—ill-advised personal investments, consumption of...
New York Times, November 26, 2012
...presidents are more likely, other things being equal, to vote for conservative than for liberal outcomes. In 2006, Cass R. Sunstein, now a law professor at Harvard, considered the question in the context of affirmative action. He and several colleagues...
New York Times, November 26, 2012
...presidents are more likely, other things being equal, to vote for conservative than for liberal outcomes. In 2006, Cass R. Sunstein, now a law professor at Harvard, considered the question in the context of affirmative action. He and several colleagues...
Oregonian, May 24, 2013
...By Cass R. Sunstein There is no standard definition of the all-important term "wing nut," so let's provide one. A wing nut is someone who has a dogmatic commitment to...
Rock Hill Herald, May 24, 2013
...president will have to deal with a real or apparent scandal (or two, or three). The reason? Arithmetic. Cass R. Sunstein, the Robert Walmsley university professor at Harvard Law School, is a Bloomberg View columnist...
Wichita Eagle, May 24, 2013
...There is no standard definition of the all-important term “wing nut,” so let’s provide one. A wing nut is someone who has a dogmatic commitment to an extreme political view (“wing”) that is false and at least a bit crazy (“nut”). A wing...
Newsday, May 23, 2013
...by CASS R. SUNSTEIN, Bloomberg View In the last month, there has been a lot of talk about whether American presidents face a second-term curse. It's not clear that such a...
Newsday, May 23, 2013
...by CASS R. SUNSTEIN, Bloomberg View In the last month, there has been a lot of talk about whether American presidents face a second-term curse. It's not clear that such a...
Financial Chronicle, May 23, 2013
...will have to deal with a real or apparent scandal (or two, or three). The reason? Arithmetic. —Bloomberg (Cass R Sunstein is the Robert Walmsley Professor at Harvard Law School and a Bloomberg View columnist. The opinions expressed are his own...
Bloomberg, May 23, 2013
...president will have to deal with a real or apparent scandal (or two, or three). The reason? Arithmetic. (Cass R. Sunstein, the Robert Walmsley university professor at Harvard Law School, is a Bloomberg View columnist. He is the former administrator of...