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Negotiation Expert Weighs In On Washington Stalemate

NPR

Published October 3, 2013 at 12:40 PM CDT

With the negotiations between Democrats and Republicans stalled in Washington, D.C., Here & Now turns to a negotiation expert.

We ask, what would get both parties to agree?

Robert Mnookin, professor and chair of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. His latest book is, “Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight.”