Cass R. Sunstein

About The Author

Cass R. Sunstein is the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School, where he is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy. He is by far the most cited law professor in the United States. From 2009 to 2012 he served in the Obama administration as Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. He has testified before congressional committees, appeared on national television and radio shows, been involved in constitution-making and law reform activities in a number of nations, and written many articles and books, including Simpler: The Future of Government and Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter.

Books by Cass R. Sunstein

On Liberalism

In Defense of Freedom

By Cass R. Sunstein
Read by Byron Wagner
A much-needed defense of liberalism—what it is, why it is under threat, and why we need it more than ever—from one of our most important political thinkers today.
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Climate Justice

What Rich Nations Owe the World—and the Future

By Cass R. Sunstein
Read by Byron Wagner
The social cost of carbon: The most important number you've never heard of—and what it means.
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