Cass R. Sunstein, Columnist

‘1984’ Comes to 2019

Those chants of “Send her back” exposed the Trump presidency’s Orwellian soul.

July 18, 2019 at 4:20 PM UTC

Cass R. Sunstein is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is the author of “The Cost-Benefit Revolution” and a co-author of “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness.”

He saw it coming.
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