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Cass Sunstein

Cass R. Sunstein is Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and author of Nudge; he is an occasional, informal adviser to the Obama campaign.

articles/2016/06/01/how-star-wars-conquered-the-galaxy/160531-leon-star-wars-tease_sbcgxf
THE FORCE

How ‘Star Wars’ Conquered the Galaxy

<p>Legal scholar and Obama administration official Cass Sunstein on how George Lucas’s space opera became so beloved. His new book <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/World-According-Star-Wars-ebook/dp/B018E2KI2K?ie=UTF8&amp;btkr=1&amp;redirect=true&amp;ref_=dp-kindle-redirect" target="_blank">The World According to Star Wars</a></em> is available now.<br> </p>

Cass Sunstein

articles/2008/10/29/spreading-the-wealth-around/sunstein-r-word_2636_xc3phb

Spreading the Wealth Around

To suggest that "redistribution" is a dirty word is a terrible insult to American history—and to the democratic process itself.

Cass Sunstein

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