Can authoritarianism happen in the United States of America? Is freedom really secure? Acclaimed legal scholar, Harvard Professor, and New York Times bestselling author Cass R. Sunstein offers diverse perspectives on those timely questions and more in this collected volume of essays from distinguished contributors and influencers. Through thought-provoking essays, Sunstein explores how democracies crumble, how propaganda works, the lessons of history, and the role of the media, courts, elections, and "fake news." Contributors to Can It Happen Here? include:•Martha Minow, dean of Harvard Law School•Eric Posner, law professor at the University of Chicago Law School •Tyler Cowen, economics professor at George Mason University•Timur Kuran, economics and political science professor at Duke University•Noah Feldman, professor of law at Harvard Law School•Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business•Jack Goldsmith, Professor at Harvard Law School, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and co-founder of Lawfare•Sean Wilentz, Professor of the American Revolutionary Era at Princeton University•Stephen Holmes, Professor of Law at New York University•Jon Elster, Professor of the Social Sciences at Columbia University•Thomas Ginsburg, Professor of International Law and Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences•Adrian Vermeule, Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School•Duncan Watts, sociologist and principal researcher at Microsoft Research