Anatomy of a Witch Hunt – Wall Street Journal (subscription)

Anatomy of a Witch Hunt
Wall Street Journal (subscription)
Americans won't be really good citizens until they read Timur Kuran and Cass Sunstein's 1999 law review article about availability cascades. Their launching point is the process by which we (i.e., human beings) decide to believe what others believe ...

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