Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness; WGBH Forum Network; 4185-2008_11_12.mov
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Cass Sunstein applies social science research on human behavior to legal questions in the stock market, environmental protection, and family law. Harvard law professor Cass Sunstein applies cutting edge social science research on human behavior to legal questions in the stock market, mortgage markets, environmental protection, and family law. What are the implications for law and public policy of psychology's new insights into decision-making behavior? What is the moral significance of developing public policies that 'nudge' people to make 'wise decisions'?
