Name: In Defense of Libertarian Paternalism
Uploaded: 2012-12-26T21:10:03-05:00
Duration: 15 min 22 s
Description: Cass Sunstein presents his “nudge” approach to regulation at the 2012 Nantucket Project.

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Cass Sunstein

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[…]

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