Too Much Information

Cass R. Sunstein (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2020
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-04416-5 (ISBN)

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How much information is too much? Do we need to know how many calories are in the giant vat of popcorn that we bought on our way into the movie theater? Do we want to know if we are genetically predisposed to a certain disease? Can we do anything useful with next week's weather forecast for Paris if we are not in Paris? In Too Much Information, Cass Sunstein examines the effects of information on our lives. Policymakers emphasize "the right to know," but Sunstein takes a different perspective, arguing that the focus should be on human well-being and what information contributes to it. Government should require companies, employers, hospitals, and others to disclose information not because of a general "right to know" but when the information in question would significantly improve people's lives.

Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School, was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama administration. He was the recipient of the 2018 Holberg Prize, one of the largest annual international research prizes awarded to scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the arts and humanities, social science, law, or theology. He is the author of The Cost-Benefit Revolution, How Change Happens (both published by the MIT Press), Nudge- Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (with Richard H. Thaler), and other books.

Erscheinungsdatum	24.08.2020
Sprache	englisch
Maße	137 x 203 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-262-04416-1 / 0262044161
ISBN-13	978-0-262-04416-5 / 9780262044165
Zustand	Neuware