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...Cass R. Sunstein...
...much for the internet as a marketplace of ideas. As Cass Sunstein sees it, the Web is largely an unregulated playground for rumormongers who understand that a titillating lie often outpaces a mundane or complicated truth--especially if such gossip reinforces what we think we already know. Which explains why some Americans still believe Barack Obama is Muslim (he's not) or that Sarah Palin thinks the continent of Africa is one country (she doesn't). As for those who believe more rumors will produce more skeptics, Sunstein warns, Don't underestimate the natural human tendency to believe what...
...want to be the dictator. That's mostly because I'm already prone to bad haircuts. But also because instead of an actual dictator, I think what we need is to recognize that social mores require government nudges like the ones Bloomberg creates and Obama adviser Cass Sunstein advocates. We live in a connected age in which our liberties bump against one another. I know this is all easy to say since I'm not a smoker, a soda drinker or a columnist whom politicians listen to. But in an age of overwhelming choice, some dictatorial direction would help. Plus...
...There's also a second budget of ?2 billion ($3.2 billion) that is being privately funded. Still, it's difficult to say how much will eventually be spent to host the event. "No one will ever know the true Olympic budget," says Stefan Szymanski, professor of economics at the Cass Business School in London. "A large number of public servants have been diverted to Olympic work without anyone [putting a value on] the use of their time, and various costs have been diverted to other budgets." With the world still in recession, the organizers' ability to secure more funding...
...navy blue Lowell House tie, returned to his alma mater, providing a glimpse into his 19-year tenure on the Supreme Court during Harvard’s annual Constitution Day event.For the past five years, Harvard has observed this anniversary with lectures by preeminent Harvard Law School professors including Cass R. Sunstein ’75, who is now heading the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.Harvard, which received about $535 million from the federal government in the 2008 fiscal year, is required per a 2004 federal law for all schools receiving federal funding to provide an annual...