Cass R Sunstein: 31 books

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 Washington Post Bestseller  There’s Santa Claus, Shakespeare, Mickey Mouse, the Bible, and then there’s Star Wars. Nothing quite compares to sitting down with a young child and hearing the sound of John Williams’s score as those beloved golden letters...

From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a brisk, provocative book that shows what freedom really means—and requires—today In this pathbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein asks us to rethink freedom. He shows that freedom of choice isn’t nearly enough....

Why policies should be based on careful consideration of their costs and benefits rather than on intuition, popular opinion, interest groups, and anecdotes. Opinions on government policies vary widely. Some people feel passionately about the child obesity epidemic and support government regulation...

The future of the U.S. Supreme Court hangs in the balance like never before. Will conservatives or liberals succeed in remaking the court in their own image? In A Constitution of Many Minds, acclaimed law scholar Cass Sunstein proposes a bold new way of interpreting the Constitution, one that respects...

Our ability to make choices is fundamental to our sense of ourselves as human beings, and essential to the political values of freedom-protecting nations. Whom we love; where we work; how we spend our time; what we buy; such choices define us in the eyes of ourselves and others, and much blood and...

The rise of the "information society" offers not only considerable peril but also great promise. Beset from all sides by a never-ending barrage of media, how can we ensure that the most accurate information emerges and is heeded? In this book, Cass R. Sunstein develops a deeply optimistic understanding...

The rise of the "information society" offers not only considerable peril but also great promise. Beset from all sides by a never-ending barrage of media, how can we ensure that the most accurate information emerges and is heeded? In this book, Cass R. Sunstein develops a deeply optimistic...

El libro que inspiró a Barack Obama los fundamentos de la política al demostrar el poder de un pequeño empujón. Por el Premio Nobel de Economía 2017 Richard H. Thaler. En Un pequeño empujón, considerado ya un clásico y uno de los mejores libros sobre economía y política de...

In recent years, 'nudge units' or 'behavioral insights teams' have been created in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other nations. All over the world, public officials are using the behavioral sciences to protect the environment, promote employment and economic growth, reduce poverty,...

星戰就像一粒沙，當中蘊藏一世界。 星際大戰是關於選擇、犧牲與救贖的童話故事， 也是探討社會影響與公共議題的學科文本。 它發生在遙遠的銀河系，卻出奇貼近人心，直觸情感中的激越與矛盾， 看似淺白喧鬧，卻鼓勵你思考生命中許多重要的事。 原力是否存在真實生活中？ 我們可以從星際大戰學到什麼？在人心方面有何啟發？ 媒體評論家公認「美國最危險的人」──凱斯．桑思汀， 是當代美國重量級的法律學者、歐巴馬最信任的智囊， 但他同時也是一個名副其實的星戰迷。 他發現透過星際大戰，你能夠更透徹的了解自己，和這個世界！ 本書首先探索我們對星際大戰的癡迷熱愛，探究這系列電影的不凡緣起，接著，桑思汀把星際大戰搖身一變為寶貴的學科文本，檢視它為社會、政治與道德層面所帶來的影響，辨析它對憲法、歷史、經濟學，甚至人際牽繫的啟示。書中也對於父子關係、個人選擇的自由、民主是如何變成獨裁、Ｊ.Ｊ.亞伯拉罕和喬治．盧卡斯誰會是較稱職的大法官等既複雜又有趣的議題，提出嶄新見解。 無論你是熱愛星際大戰，或是想要了解這個文化現象為何能引起不同世代之間的共鳴，都應該讀這本輕鬆迷人的不凡傑作。 桑斯汀教授寫給台灣讀者： 非常高興聽到這本真心之作能有繁體中文版，和臺灣讀者見面。前些日子我才造訪臺北，一路遇到許多不凡的人，為大家的溫暖、創意、勇氣與決心深深打動，不禁心想：我是在跟眾多絕地武士會面嗎？ 我當然在書店看到許多星戰的書，臺灣友人也對星戰如數家珍。無論是路克天行者的種種故事，還是自由的艱難勝利，都在呼喚全球民眾──格外在呼喚臺灣民眾。 如同星戰所展現的，「共和」這種尊重個人權利的自治體制不易建立，亦不易維持，有時簡直難上加難。然而儘管黑暗面的威脅不斷，臺灣人民仍成功建立了欣欣向榮的民主。 願原力與你們同在──永遠同在。 ◎《紐約時報》排行榜暢銷書 ◎《華盛頓郵報》排行榜第一名 黃丞儀　中研院法律學者...

Why are group decisions so hard? Since the beginning of human history, people have made decisions in groups—first in families and villages, and now as part of companies, governments, school boards, religious organizations, or any one of countless other groups. And having more than one person...

Many of us are being misled. Claiming to know dark secrets about public officials, hidden causes of the current economic situation, and nefarious plans and plots, those who spread rumors know precisely what they are doing. And in the era of social media and the Internet, they know a lot about how...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Nudge and The World According to Star Wars, a revealing account of how today's Internet threatens democracy—and what can be done about it As the Internet grows more sophisticated, it is creating new threats to democracy. Social media companies...

This Palgrave Pivot offers comprehensive evidence about what people actually think of “nudge” policies designed to steer decision makers’ choices in positive directions. The data reveal that people in diverse nations generally favor nudges by strong majorities, with a preference for educative...