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Cass R. Sunstein is currently the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard. He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law[…]

In Defense of Libertarian Paternalism

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Cass Sunstein presents his “nudge” approach to regulation at the 2012 Nantucket Project.

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