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...Cass R. Sunstein ’75 is a professor at the University of Chicago Law School and the author, with Richard Thaler, of “Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness.” He will be joining the Harvard Law School faculty in the fall...
After two decades at the University of Chicago, legal superstar Cass R. Sunstein ’75 is finally returning to Cambridge. The erstwhile ’Poonster and Currier House resident took time out to chat with FM about squash, animal rights, and wikis...
...Fifteen Minutes (FM): You graduated from the College in 1975 and the stayed here to attend Harvard Law School (HLS). After being away for 30 years, how does it feel to return to your alma mater? Cass R. Sunstein (CRS): It is exciting because it feels like home, and because the Law School is in fabulous shape. There are so many excellent students and faculty at the Law School and all throughout the University. I am looking forward to a chance to work with undergraduates as well...
...thrilled to welcome these talented young scholars to the faculty,” Kagan said in the statement. Expanding the size of the faculty has been a key priority for Kagan, who has tried to poach tenured professors at other universities like Cass R. Sunstein ’75 and Mark V. Tushnet ’67. I. GLENN COHEN Cohen, a specialist in bioethics, was an academic fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at the Law School this year. He publishes on topics ranging from pediatric research ethics to end-of-life decision...
Thaler and Sunstein, longtime colleagues and friends, dub this "libertarian paternalism." The deliberate oxymoron is meant to exalt individual freedom (the authors use their system to explain how one might structure school vouchers or privatize Social Security) while protecting people from cognitive and social forces that lead them to decisions that even they would describe as poor. We are all like houseguests who eat from a bowl of cashews, then thank our host for removing the nuts so that we don't spoil our dinner...