Cass Sunstein on Risk, Liberty, and Science in the Time of COVID-19
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BEworks Conversations with Cass Sunstein: Risk, Liberty, and Scientific Thinking in the Time of COVID-19 For more information about this episode, including the full transcript, visit our blog at https://blog.beworks.com/becurious/beworks-conversations-with-cass-sunstein-public-health-the-role-of-scientific-thinking-in-democracy-how-peoples-risk-perceptions-are-shaped-in-response-1596649020114 This episode of the BEworks Conversation series features a discussion with Cass Sunstein. Cass Sunstein is the Robert Walmsley University Professor and the Founder and Director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard University. ----more----In this conversation, Cass and Kelly discuss:
- Liberty and public health
- Scientific thinking and democracy
- Risk perception in a pandemic and fear of mortality
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