Cass Sunstein is Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard University, where he is the founder and director of its Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy. He is the author of #Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media and Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide.
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