Person

Cass R Sunstein

Legal scholar of behavioral economics, group polarization, and how information environments shape belief.

Why this matters

Sunstein helps explain echo effects and why more speech alone does not restore shared reality.

Works

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How Facts Change Minds: Cognitive Foundations of Political Persuasion

Sunstein, Cass R. *How Facts Change Minds: Cognitive Foundations of Political Persuasion*. Related work on motivated reasoning and public belief; see also Sunstein, *#Republic*. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017.

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#Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media

Sunstein, Cass R. *#Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media*. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017.

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After Certainty

How to Live and Judge When Understanding is not Enough

How to live and judge once explanation reaches its limits. The practice volume in a series on formation, stabilization, and tension—judgment, responsibility, and participation without replacement frameworks.

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Judgment, Restraint, and Decision Quality Under Incomplete Information

Field notes on judgment, restraint, and decision quality when information is incomplete.

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The Economy We Don't Experience

Leadership, Communication, and the Credibility Crisis in Economics and Politics

Expanded edition (~28–32k words) on the gap between aggregate economic speech and lived experience—compression, signaling, and leadership under interpretive stress. Distinct from When Interpretation No Longer Matters (authority without shared meaning) and When Incentives Become the Moral Language (metrics replacing judgment).

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Trust Beyond Similarity

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How people learn to trust perspectives they do not share—and why trust becomes more valuable when perspectives differ.

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When Interpretation No Longer Matters

Authority After Understanding Collapses

When explanation, evidence, and repair fail—and what kinds of authority remain when public understanding collapses.