Cass R. Sunstein
American legal scholar
Cass R. Sunstein is an American legal scholar who works on constitutional law and behavioral economics. He co-wrote Nudge and served in the Obama administration.
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American Born 1954 in Concord, United States
About Cass R. Sunstein
Cass Robert Sunstein was born on September 21, 1954. He is a legal scholar whose work covers constitutional law, administrative law, environmental law and behavioral economics. Between 1981 and 2008 he was a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. He is now the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School, where he founded and directs the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy. Studies of legal publications in 2014 found him to be the American legal scholar cited most often. During Obama's time in office, from 2009 to 2012, he led the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs as its Administrator. He co-wrote Nudge (2008) and wrote The World According to Star Wars (2016), which is a New York Times best seller.