Cass Sunstein

摘要

How do you quiet one of the most prolific and provocative legal scholars in the country? Hand him a portfolio in the Obama Administration that covers nearly every interaction the federal government has with individuals and businesses. Before he was named the White House's regulation czar, Cass Sunstein, a Harvard law professor and co-author of the best-selling behavioral economics manifesto Nudge, opined on everything from promotion of energy conservation to the possibility of permitting lawsuits on behalf of animals. His championship of submitting proposed regulations to rigorous cost-benefit analysis stirred anxiety on the left that he would thwart environmental and other measures.