Infotopia

Cass R. Sunstein is Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School, a contributing editor at the New Republic and the American Prospect, and a frequent contributor as well to such publications as the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is the recipient of the Henderson Prize and the Goldsmith Book Prize; his many books include Radicals in Robes, Republic.com, Why Societies NeedDissent, and Designing Democracy: What Constitutions Do. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

• Introduction: Dreams and Nightmares 1: The (Occasional) Power of Numbers 2: The Surprising Failures of Deliberating Groups 3: Four Big Problems 4: Money, Prices, and Prediction Markets 5: Many Working Minds: Wikis, Open Source Software, and Blogs 6: Implications and Reforms Conclusion--Realizing Promises Appendix: Prediction Markets Notes Index

In this delightful book, Cass R. Sunstein offers a cogent, compact and gently witty discussion of information sharing.