Cass Sunstein

Too Clever by Half?

Robert Kuttner | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economy, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Economic Plan, Cass Sunstein, Politics News
Robert Kuttner

So what is the connection between Barack Obama's core beliefs, his campaign advisers, and his rather lackluster performance since Denver?

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The Greatest Thing I Have Seen At This Convention

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Samantha Power, Dnc, Denver Convention, Cass Sunstein, Democratic Convention, Media News

What a great thing to see! Walking out of my first trip to the convention floor (exciting!) across a sunny pavilion, I see two people in bright blue O...

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Where Are the Economists?

Simon Jenkins | Posted 07.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Keynesian Economics, Gordon Brown, Economists, Alan Greenspan, Economics, Cass Sunstein, Economy, Business News
Simon Jenkins

Economics has long been oversold as a science, when it is rather a branch of psychology, a study of the peculiarities of human nature, thus converting micro-economics into macro has always been a dangerous game.

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Small Lies, Big Lies, and Economists

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Cassandra Stubbs, Capital Punishment, Economics, Death Penalty and Murder Rates, Ronald Allen, Death Penalty, Cass Sunstein, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

Enter a bunch of economists with a model that, they say, shows that the death penalty deters crimes and hence saves lives. Actually the data on which this model is based are extremely thin.

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