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Cass R. Sunstein
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 826
Citations - 63363
Cass R. Sunstein is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Supreme court & Politics. The author has an hindex of 117, co-authored 787 publications receiving 57639 citations. Previous affiliations of Cass R. Sunstein include Brigham Young University & Indiana University.
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The second bill of rights
TL;DR: The Second Bill of Rights as mentioned in this paper was the product of a national encounter with the Depression, the war against Fascism, and the legal realist attack on laissez-faire.
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Company Stock, Market Rationality, and Legal Reform
Stephen P. Utkus,Stephen P. Utkus,Richard H. Thaler,Richard H. Thaler,Cass R. Sunstein,Shlomo Benartzi +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide evidence that employees underestimate the risk of owning company stock, while employers overestimate the benefits associated with employee stock ownership relative to its costs and make suggestions that would increase employees' freedom of choice and improve their welfare, but without imposing significant costs on well-meaning but ill-informed employers.
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Fifty Shades of Manipulation
TL;DR: The main objection to manipulation is rooted in a version of John Stuart Mill's Harm Principle: people know what is in their best interests and should have a (manipulation-free) opportunity to make that decision as discussed by the authors.
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Ruining popcorn? The welfare effects of information
TL;DR: The willingness-to-pay criterion has been used by federal agencies to investigate the welfare effects of information by reference to cost-benefit analysis as discussed by the authors, which has run into serious objections: people may lack the information that would permit them to make good decisions about how much to pay for (more) information; they may not know the welfare benefits of information; and their tastes and values may shift over time as a result of information.
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A Constitution of Many Minds: Why the Founding Document Doesn't Mean What It Meant Before
TL;DR: The aim of this book is to provide a history of American exceptionalism from Jefferson's Revenge to the present day, through the lens of 21st Century public opinion and judicial Humility.