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If I may discuss the idea of explosion. The number of regulations issued in the last two years is approximately the same as the number issued in the last two years of the Bush administration.

~Cass Sunstein

Topics: Administration Approximately Bush Bush Administration Discuss Explosion Idea Last May Number Regulations Same Two Years

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If there's a regulation that's saving 10,000 lives and costing one job, it's worth it.

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Topics: Job Lives Regulation Saving Worth Worth It

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Donald Trump promises to impose, soon after his inauguration, a new requirement on federal agencies: If they want to issue a new regulation, they have to rescind two regulations that are now on the books. The idea of 'one in, two out' has rhetorical appeal, but it's going to be extremely hard to pull off.

~Cass Sunstein

Topics: After Agencies Appeal Books Donald Donald Trump Extremely Federal Going Hard His Idea Impose Inauguration Issue New Now Off Out Promises Pull Regulation Regulations Requirement Rhetorical Soon Trump Two Want

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Republicans are right to express concern about excessive regulation, and they can do a lot to reduce it, above all by scrutinizing rules on the books and by putting all new proposals through a cost-benefit filter. There's room for plenty of creativity here.

~Cass Sunstein

Topics: About Above Books Concern Creativity Excessive Express Filter Here Lot New Plenty Proposals Putting Reduce Regulation Republicans Right Room Rules Through

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Here's a more controversial idea: In general, Democrats and progressives ought to allow Trump considerable room to choose his own employees - far more room than Republicans allowed during the Obama administration. Tit-for-tat is a dangerous game.

~Cass Sunstein

Topics: Administration Allow Allowed Choose Considerable Controversial Dangerous Democrats Employees Far Game General Here His Idea More Obama Obama Administration Ought Own Progressives Republicans Room Than Trump

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Employers, like most people, tend to trust their intuitions. But when employers decide whom to hire, they trust those intuitions far more than they should.

~Cass Sunstein

Topics: Decide Employers Far Hire Like More Most People Should Tend Than Those Trust Whom

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Interviewers actively fool themselves, finding ways to learn from interviews even if there's actually nothing there to learn from.

~Cass Sunstein

Topics: Actively Actually Even Finding Fool Interviews Learn Nothing Themselves Ways

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If interviewers are prejudiced against women or Hispanics, for example, a face-to-face interview will predictably result in discrimination. Reliance on tests, or on actual or past performance, can promote equality.

~Cass Sunstein

Topics: Actual Against Discrimination Equality Example Face-To-Face For Example Hispanics Interview Past Performance Prejudiced Promote Reliance Result Tests Will Women

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For business, government, and education, the lesson is clear: People ought to be relying far more on objective information and far less on interviews. They might even want to think about scaling back or cancelling interviews altogether. They'll save a lot of time - and make better decisions.

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Topics: About Altogether Back Better Business Clear Decisions Education Even Far Far Less Government Information Interviews Less Lesson Lot Make Might More Objective Ought People Relying Save Think Time Want

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Donald Trump has taken a battering ram to longstanding political norms - the unwritten conventions that make governance possible. But even before he decided to run for president, those norms were under assault.

~Cass Sunstein

Topics: Assault Before Conventions Decided Donald Donald Trump Even Governance He Make Norms Political Possible President Ram Run Taken Those Trump Unwritten Were

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Lawyer

Born: September 21st, 1954

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