[Volokh] Eugene Volokh: Cass Sunstein Guest-Blogger:

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Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Cass Sunstein Guest-Blogger:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_04_13-2008_04_19.shtml#1207970632


   I'm delighted to report that Cass Sunstein will be guest-blogging this
   week about his new book, [1]Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health,
   Wealth, and Happiness (that's pronounced "nuhdge," not "[2]noodge").
   The book, which is cowritten with [3]Prof. Richard H. Thaler, argues
   for a sort of choice-enhancing paternalism -- a framework in which the
   government can create "choice architecture" that would push people
   into better decisions (i.e., ones that the actors on reflection would
   ultimately agree are better for them) by taking into account natural
   cognitive biases to which people are subject, without restricting
   freedom of choice.

   Sunstein is now Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor at
   the University of Chicago Law School, but he will be joining the
   faculty of Harvard Law School next year. He is the author of many
   books, including Republic.com 2.0, Worst-Case Scenarios, Infotopia,
   and Laws of Fear. He is also, by a large margin, [4]the most-cited
   full-time law professor, judging by citations in law reviews. I'm sure
   that many of our readers will disagree with Sunstein's posts, but I'm
   also sure that they'll be interesting and provocative.

References

   1. http://www.amazon.com/Nudge-Improving-Decisions-Health-Happiness/dp/0300122233
   2. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nudge
   3. http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/richard.thaler/research/
   4. http://www.leiterrankings.com/faculty/2007faculty_impact_areas.shtml