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New paper! Valuing Children's Statistical Lives: A Conceptual Framework.
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Valuing Children's Statistical Lives: A Conceptual Framework
A longstanding puzzle for regulatory theory and practice has been the valuation of children's lives, or more precisely, the valuation of mortality risks faced b
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5741163
2 days ago
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Cover revealed! (Book coming in March, by Edna Ullmann-Margalit and me.)
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
5 days ago
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Nick Lindsay
9 days ago
@casssunstein.bsky.social
doesn't just write books for
@mitpress.bsky.social
He publishes articles with us as well, including this recent overview of the connection between the rule of law and equality
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THE RULE OF LAW
The concept of the rule of law is invoked for purposes that are both numerous and diverse, and that concept is often said to overlap with, or to require, an assortment of other practices and ideals, i...
https://direct.mit.edu/ajle/article/doi/10.1162/ajle_a_00070/125075/THE-RULE-OF-LAW
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Livros de Humanas
10 days ago
Nudge: Como tomar melhores decisões: Edição ampliada e definitiva De Richard H. Thaler e Cass R. Sunstein 46% de desconto
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Nudge: Como tomar melhores decisões: Edição ampliada e definitiva
Compre online Nudge: Como tomar melhores decisões: Edição ampliada e definitiva, de Thaler, Richard H., Sunstein, Cass R., Lessa, Ângelo, Campos, Cleber de na Amazon. Frete GRÁTIS em milhares de produtos com o Amazon Prime. Encontre diversos livros escritos por Thaler, Richard H., Sunstein, Cass R., Lessa, Ângelo, Campos, Cleber de com ótimos preços.
https://amzn.to/4nF6vGp
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"But I raised a baby deer, a buck."
@petersinger.info
@christinewebb.bsky.social
casssunstein.substack.com/p/but-i-rais...
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"But I Raised A Baby Deer, A Buck"
Miranda Lambert, Joe Rogan, and A Baby Deer
https://casssunstein.substack.com/p/but-i-raised-a-baby-deer-a-buck
9 days ago
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Paternalism and antipaternalism, with the help of behavioral economics (new paper).
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Coercive Paternalism vs. Libertarian Paternalism vs. Antipaternalism: A Triptych
The explosion of empirical work on how and when human beings depart from perfect rationality has led to a wholesale rethinking of paternalism and its limits. Ov
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5703102
10 days ago
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reposted by
Lawrence Solum
14 days ago
Legal History Blog: Prakash and Sunstein on Radical Constitutional Change
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Prakash and Sunstein on Radical Constitutional Change
Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash and Cass R. Sunstei n have published Radical Constitutional Change in the Virginia Law Review : At defining p...
https://buff.ly/jUVSuFA
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RADICAL CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE. (Just out.)
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Radical Constitutional Change - Virginia Law Review
At defining points in American history, there have been radical constitutional changes, defined as massive shifts in constitutional understandings, doctrines, and practices. Apparently settled princip...
https://virginialawreview.org/articles/radical-constitutional-change/
14 days ago
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WTP: Epistemic, Behavioral, and Philosophical Challenges.
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WTP: Epistemic, Behavioral, and Philosophical Challenges
Both free markets and government regulators tend to use willingness to pay (WTP) to measure the value of goods. The reason for use of WTP is that it is the best
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5678304
16 days ago
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reposted by
Cornell ILR School
22 days ago
Cass R. Sunstein, one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars, will lead a timely discussion of the past, present and future of free expression at American universities when he delivers
#CornellILR's
annual Milton R. Konvitz Memorial Lectureship in American Ideals.
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Free speech on campus the focus of Konvitz Lecture | Cornell Chronicle
Cass R. Sunstein, one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars, will lead a discussion of the past, present and future of free expression at American universities when he delivers the Konvitz M...
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/10/free-speech-campus-focus-konvitz-lecture
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The Affect Heuristic.
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The Affect Heurisic
A Clue to Many Puzzles
https://casssunstein.substack.com/p/the-affect-heurisic
17 days ago
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Navalny.
@ichotiner.bsky.social
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Navalny
On humor, optimism, and freedom amidst dark times
https://casssunstein.substack.com/p/navalny
17 days ago
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Coming in March, by the great Edna Ullmann-Margalit (one of the best philosophers of the last 100 years, I think) and me.
www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/dec...
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Decisions and Social Norms
This pathbreaking book casts new light on how to best handle life’s most difficult decisions. Edna Ullmann-Margalit and Cass R. Sunstein examine the role of social norms in creating both stability and...
https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/decisions-and-social-norms-9781035397464.html
20 days ago
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The Greatest of All Time (six of them; personal picks).
casssunstein.substack.com/p/some-perso...
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Some Personal GOATS
A List of Six
https://casssunstein.substack.com/p/some-personal-goats
22 days ago
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24 days ago
Last week we welcomed
@casssunstein.bsky.social
as our very special guest. 🤩 After having a tour of our historic Bookshop, he even signed copies of his new book 'Manipulation'! 📚🙌 You can pick up a signed copy here: 🔗 www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk/products/manipulation
@universitypress.cambridge.org
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On Liberalism, in Spain.
www.eltiempo.com/opinion/colu...
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Principios liberales para la gente joven
La extrema derecha amenaza la libertad individual, política y económica, y mantener en el poder a la extrema izquierda terminaría por destruirnos.
https://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/columnistas/principios-liberales-para-la-gente-joven-3500803
26 days ago
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reposted by
Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law
29 days ago
Many thanks to Professor Sunstein for such an inspiring, thoughtful lecture. We also want to thank all the attendees, Centre team,
cam.ac.uk
, ISAR, the Coller Foundation, and our other donors for making our Annual Lecture possible! (3/4)
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Coming in March: DECISIONS AND SOCIAL NORMS, by the great Edna Ullmann-Margalit and me (based on a several-decade collaboration, tragically cut short by her death, but finally and happily catalogued here).
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/dec...
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Decisions and Social Norms
This pathbreaking book casts new light on how to best handle life’s most difficult decisions. Edna Ullmann-Margalit and Cass R. Sunstein examine the role of social norms in creating both stability and...
https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/decisions-and-social-norms-9781035397464.html
29 days ago
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reposted by
Raffael Fasel
29 days ago
Many thanks indeed to
@casssunstein.bsky.social
for a terrific lecture and for taking the time to chat with our students and colleagues over drinks and dinner!
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reposted by
Alistair Munro
about 1 month ago
In October's Environmental and Resource Economics we honour Daniel Kahneman's legacy: Cass R. Sunstein & Lucia A. Reisch pursue their research on public acceptance of algorithms in the formulation of public policy.
#Econsky
#EAERE
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In Praise of Computation - Environmental and Resource Economics
A great deal of work in behavioral science emphasizes that statistical predictions often outperform clinical predictions. Formulas tend to do better than people do, and algorithms tend to outperform…
https://buff.ly/ggMqqBB
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reposted by
American Philosophical Society Press
about 1 month ago
Out now! Imperfect Oracle by
@casssunstein.bsky.social
. Buy the book Richard Revesz calls "a must read for anyone who wants to develop an intelligent and informed perspective on this critically important topic—which should be everyone."
www.pennpress.org/978160618137...
#artificialintelligence
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IMPERFECT ORACLE, on the uses and limits of AI - publication day! Looking forward to the launch on Wednesday, at Cambridge University. US events to follow.
@liamdelaney2025.bsky.social
@ichotiner.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Imperfect-Or...
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Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do
Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do [Sunstein, Cass R.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do
https://www.amazon.com/Imperfect-Oracle-What-Can-Cannot/dp/1606181378/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3U3JNA0OGZP82&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.d59u39OhuPnPiTs_kbq782L95ozmEI_EUTjOY4Jz5PMjj6haehQqdI_7hNcuvadsZ170JEwRZ3EpRBjtoH2kLNVloXPR5OJuWf_Y7mwuYjYLwQCNDuHY7E4LPwcxP7F7HFzH-TgMxSPHG9JxW-W9TNfjFZEip1bTilHLvwDPS-EonEJe7lwKAnV5gKUuW1WcKp5JF7CDsAvgUILj7_7shgHLcTd-PE1KRhRObNtb0BiDR3D0lGsiNX8GaKTLDLbPOMkiFBk7MrLGq6b5pbtRFcljeIwYhqEc31jUUH5-z2y73E8tezDUdz_G0o1LAtjW6KxgN6dqWoiqPIFo4xA5hqTCS3Jv-fqMM2Y-GtZr9HTq5IuWMiEfZZ5CZKLnXsCxd1P5hDLqFk9l55JDckK-qyJ42KZvswqZYR8YeQxO7saUbMI_8fboE8An5WiJYLfx.VbJJKaHGrXxCWJRMoCc84o3_FGH8NwkVtoGwQJBukS0&dib_tag=se&keywords=sunstein&qid=1739572771&sprefix=sunstein%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1
about 1 month ago
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Much looking forward to this and hoping to see UK friends there!
@animalrightslaw.bsky.social
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about 1 month ago
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So looking forward to speaking on a Bill of Rights for Animals in Cambridge UK, the day after tomorrow. (Just rewrote the lecture; terrified that it wasn't good enough.)
@raffaelfasel.bsky.social
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Annual Lecture — Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law
https://animalrightslaw.org/annuallecture
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
MNG - University Presses
about 1 month ago
Register to join an engaging seminar with renowned legal scholar, behavioural economist & bestselling author,
@casssunstein.bsky.social
, as he delves into the thought-provoking themes of his latest book IMPERFECT ORACLE
buff.ly/mRfd3NH
@amphilpress.bsky.social
@pennpress.bsky.social
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reposted by
MIT Press
about 1 month ago
Cass Sunstein, author of "On Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom", joins Offline with
@jonfavs.bsky.social
to examine whether small-l “liberal” values like freedom, human rights, and the rule of law will be able to survive an illiberal president:
crooked.com/podcast/is-a...
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Is America Still a Liberal Nation? | Crooked Media
© Crooked Media 2025
https://crooked.com/podcast/is-america-still-a-liberal-nation/
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On the science of animal welfare.
@petersinger.info
@christinewebb.bsky.social
casssunstein.substack.com/p/on-the-sci...
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On the Science of Animal Welfare
Twenty-one short notes on a big topic
https://casssunstein.substack.com/p/on-the-science-of-animal-welfare
about 1 month ago
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So hono(u)red to be launching my new book, IMPERFECT ORACLE, in the UK next week, at Cambridge University.
@elerianm.bsky.social
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/semin...
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Imperfect Oracle - What AI Can and Cannot Do: a seminar with Cass Sunstein - Cambridge Judge Business School
Connect with Cambridge Judge! Explore our full calendar of upcoming events, learn about our programmes and connect with world-class speakers.
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/seminar-imperfect-oracle-what-ai-can-and-cannot-do/
about 1 month ago
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Coiming on Tuesday; on the promise and limits of AI.
@pennchibe.bsky.social
@ichotiner.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Imperfect-Or...
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Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do
Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do [Sunstein, Cass R.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do
https://www.amazon.com/Imperfect-Oracle-What-Can-Cannot/dp/1606181378/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.9fIHNZN9mzYTxARye_RTo8jxldypz3Acef02SEx5qjxWEIkZclkteUBECz42sAQn-7YdG5G2xNNrHM_TF1MfXfqfPN9pT9ZNLwo1rfacTF3pjohORO961WEym04Ak9GVve_LLgt-cFs1UlrjrnJqhKsQ1RcBlizH9xqvO_6P4fBEtUfkWJjI5oHSuyCmSRiYSBIpUBT1TAxPpapvlXywg6Alzr0vW74lM8KefP7svHSmynpJgKfrjL3HvKo-DSl00226u92r4GYosPV6h6RqPeFOdnEf7nwEI_RupHNQUrA.Pq7nB8J4aXXdxY9dKicZdquW--oCJsLJ6zfdLamVcOA&qid=1760180410&sr=8-3
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law
about 1 month ago
One week until our next Annual Lecture! 🐾 Join us on 15 October
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social
from 4 pm for our Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture. Professor Cass Sunstein (
hls.harvard.edu
) will deliver a lecture on ‘Beyond Kant and Bentham: A Bill of Rights for Nonhuman Animals’. (1/5)
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Crooked Media
about 1 month ago
Cass Sunstein on the tenets of an illiberal society.
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Terrific interview with
@jonfavs.bsky.social
about my new book, ON LIBERALISM. Taylor Swift and Vice President Vance are discussed.
@ichotiner.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/cg/podcast/i...
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Is America Still a Liberal Nation?
Podcast Episode · Offline with Jon Favreau · 09/10/2025 · 1h 4m
https://podcasts.apple.com/cg/podcast/is-america-still-a-liberal-nation/id1610392666?i=1000730919897
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Andy Ostroy
about 1 month ago
Writer, author and professor
@casssunstein.bsky.social
is in THE BACK ROOM discussing his new book.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
photo: Rose Lincoln
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It's not Taylor Swift, but still, it's a terrific video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTy4...
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Changing our food system with Plant-Based Food by Default | Better Food Foundation
YouTube video by Better Food Foundation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTy4GsknkKU
about 1 month ago
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An interview by the great
@jonfavs.bsky.social
, who asked really good and challenging questions.
podcasts.apple.com/cg/podcast/i...
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Is America Still a Liberal Nation?
Podcast Episode · Offline with Jon Favreau · 09/10/2025 · 1h 4m
https://podcasts.apple.com/cg/podcast/is-america-still-a-liberal-nation/id1610392666?i=1000730919897
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
American Philosophical Society Press
about 1 month ago
@casssunstein.bsky.social
's book, Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do, is coming on 10/14! In the meantime, read his words on what AI cannot do in the fall issue of Liberties Journal. Order the book:
www.pennpress.org/978160618137..
.
#casssunstein
#artificialintelligence
#libertiesjournal
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What AI Cannot Do, Not Now, Not Ever - Liberties
I am about to flip a coin. Can you predict whether it will be heads or tails? You might have gotten it right. (It was heads.) But if so, you were lucky. Whether it would come up heads or tails depends...
https://libertiesjournal.com/articles/what-ai-cannot-do-not-now-not-ever/
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Just a note of applause for and thanks to one of the world's deepest and greatest science fiction writers (including Mysterium and The Chronoliths - wow for both).
@wilsonspin.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
LSE Department of Government
about 1 month ago
📢
#Public
#event
annoucement! 📕 On liberalism: in defence of freedom 🗣️
#Book
launch and discussion with Professor
@casssunstein.bsky.social
(Harvard) and Professor
@pjthinker.bsky.social
(LSE) 🗓️ Friday 17 October ⏰ 11.30am to 12.30pm 📍 In person only, sign up required
www.lse.ac.uk/events/on-li...
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On liberalism: in defence of freedom
11.30am Fri 17 Oct | Cass Sunstein | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/on-liberalism-in-defence-of-freedom
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reposted by
The Wall Street Journal
about 1 month ago
Is there a way to get kids to give up social media on their own? Yes—but it takes a communal effort to avoid "fear of missing out," write Leonardo Bursztyn and Cass Sunstein.
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Essay | How to Get Kids to Give Up Social Media on Their Own
To avoid “fear of missing out,” limiting social media use has to be a communal effort.
https://on.wsj.com/4nzESPO
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Coming in 11 days.
#PeopleCannotBearTheWait
#TomPetty
www.amazon.com/Imperfect-Or...
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Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do
Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do [Sunstein, Cass R.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do
https://www.amazon.com/Imperfect-Oracle-What-Can-Cannot/dp/1606181378/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pYyNOrnBLDtHqOnOnXyDQjWi4E6jDUUZdaqaGkeMSZYJmLZJ3dhtFMzW4-zWXWtkgjGytKKVKgc5OsJhOana3QUPoCdhuEZI5rr5u0c_uCJRlfWGLXBOVgu1zUJmqO9a-XRHR-Osa7WmUkWjLEnDIaiSx-b0bcrjbg4WJKvmXiQR736qIrcnekyO0v4lFtJtCthDWhAq8eS1Htis1Z6oNtzXixHJ8smPJDeCSE2swO4.C_1xJV-m_3x63vCv2TumxlCEVyu9WxpstSLUTtLhnOk&qid=1759489389&sr=1-2
about 1 month ago
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New paper: HOW TO DISAGREE.
@stephenking.bsky.social
@wiglet1981.bsky.social
@cfcamerer.bsky.social
@ichotiner.bsky.social
@georgweizsaecker.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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How to Disagree
How should one respond to an argument that one believes to be wrong, or egregiously wrong? What is the proper tone? Does disagreement have an internal morality?
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5537678
about 2 months ago
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Greatly hono(u)red to be speaking about ON LIBERALISM at LSE, and soon.
@katymilkman.bsky.social
@liamdelaney2025.bsky.social
@ichotiner.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/events/on-li...
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On liberalism: in defence of freedom
11.30am Fri 17 Oct | Cass Sunstein | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/on-liberalism-in-defence-of-freedom
about 2 months ago
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DECISIONS AND SOCIAL NORMS - by Edna Ullmann-Margalit (posthumously) and me, based on coauthored essays by the two of us - forthcoming in 2026 from
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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It had to happen. It needed to happen.
www.clickrollboom.co.uk/news/the-nud...
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THE NUDGE UNIT - Self-Titled Debut Album OUT NOW! — Click Roll Boom
Progressive metal/rock project The Nudge Unit proudly announces the release of their long-awaited self-titled debut album, The Nudge Unit , now available for digital streaming and purchase. B...
https://www.clickrollboom.co.uk/news/the-nudge-unit-self-titled-debut-album-out-now
about 2 months ago
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reposted by
Raffael Fasel
about 2 months ago
If you are in or around Cambridge on 15th October make sure not to miss our Centre‘s 2025 Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture held
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social
and delivered by the marvellous Cass Sunstein
@casssunstein.bsky.social
of
@hls.harvard.edu
.
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The Second Bill of Rights (central to my preferred form of liberalism).
@mitpress.bsky.social
@ichotiner.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Second-Bill-...
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The Second Bill of Rights: FDR's Constitutional Vision and Why We Need It Today, with a new preface by the author
The Second Bill of Rights: FDR's Constitutional Vision and Why We Need It Today, with a new preface by the author - Kindle edition by Sunstein, Cass R.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Second Bill of Rights: FDR's Constitutional Vision and Why We Need It Today, with a new preface by the author.
https://www.amazon.com/Second-Bill-Rights-Constitutional-preface-ebook/dp/B0DPP99VRF?ref_=ast_author_dp_rw&th=1&psc=1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.j3CTKOzz5mfT8nd1Z58U41pjrbHYEhW6JuP9nr_f45JeHA-aB0bu0jSGUgrx9nsIRxyAFNuIqmQAb58s0Rekvc2tPASNXye67dbJGQo8X0D0JkdM1WYTvhAx2S7EBb7cXaJieuh1l_dfCmC0m7SuKp14c1OYzqQa7vH36PsZS6UHJ2ijHqLKUjgEpoXMxg_5ao-PDQSabFXH_MNW3MWSziuMuKV6lo49UgqGTObk6eY.yk2SjB5dyK-Oiwi6iP6RfS1EIzLND4fPV29xFdgIWT8&dib_tag=AUTHOR
about 2 months ago
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Separation of Powers - coming in Feb. (just received galleys).
@mitpress.bsky.social
@paulkelleher.net
@ichotiner.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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An interview on manipulation.
@ichotiner.bsky.social
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...
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Cass Sunstein: How corporations are manipulating us
The scholar behind “nudge” theory explains how companies exploit our cognitive biases for their own profit
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/prospect-podcast/71122/cass-sunstein-how-corporations-are-manipulating-us
about 2 months ago
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Big-Tent Liberalism (with reflections on a New Yorker interview that I think I regret having done, even though the questions were sharp and fair).
@ichotiner.bsky.social
casssunstein.substack.com/p/big-tent-l...
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Big-Tent Liberalism
On Freedom
https://casssunstein.substack.com/p/big-tent-liberalism
about 2 months ago
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MIT Press
about 2 months ago
"Paints a vivid picture of the good society Americans fought for, and believed they had won, in the war against fascism." —
@rauchway.bsky.social
Cass Sunstein argues for a new vision of FDR and our current political scene in "The Second Bill of Rights":
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255384...
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