Author(s): Cass R. Sunstein

Current Affairs

Nuclear bombs in suitcases, anthrax bacilli in ventilators, tsunamis, avian flu: nightmares that were once the plot of Hollywood movies are now frighteningly real possibilities. How can we steer a path between willful inaction and reckless overreaction? Cass Sunstein explores how we might best prevent these and other worst-case scenarios in this vivid and illuminating analysis.