There’s a reason the NRA is a key ‘surrogate’ for the Republican Party
The NRA stokes outrage that gives cover to unpopular economic policies
Pete Buttigieg argues against free college. This is why progressives can’t agree about subsidizing tuition.
What is a college education for, and who benefits from it?
Republicans are still trying to repeal Obamacare. Here’s why they are not likely to succeed
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U.S. companies are pressuring their workers on how to lobby and vote
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Tackling poverty isn’t enough. Inequality is a serious problem, too.
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How Wall Street became a big chunk of the U.S. economy — and when the Democrats signed on
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Paul Krugman is right about economics. What his arguments need are more politics.
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Conservatives worry that Obamacare is a ‘super-statute.’ It isn’t quite one yet.
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Conservatives worry that Obamacare is a 'super-statute.' It isn't quite one yet.
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Can unlimited contributions to political parties really reduce polarization?
[caption id="attachment_26288" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] The U.S. Capitol Reflecting Pool. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)[/caption]
Five key lessons about the welfare state
[caption id="attachment_23378" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Howard L. Sachs/AP)[/caption] During the 1980s,
Adam Smith is not the antidote to Thomas Piketty
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A new experiment shows how money buys access to Congress
A new paper just released today by two political science
What Explains Support for the Welfare State?
"Philip Rehm, Jacob Hacker and Mark Schlesinger have an article":http://cup.msgfocus.com/c/1AlpJxy38qHoUOT74lJHX81y
Cognitive Democracy
Over the last couple of years, Cosma Shalizi and I
Economic Inequality Is All the Rage
Bill Moyers returned to television last weekend with a new
Time for Institutional Reform?
Yale profs Jacob Hacker and Oona Hathaway have an op-ed
Should Political Scientists Care More About Politics?
Archon Fung says "yes":http://www.bostonreview.net/BR36.3/archon_fung_winner_take_all_politics.php in his review of Jacob Hacker
Potpourri
* Lynn Vavreck becomes the first political scientist whose research
Potpourri
* One follow-up to the _Unequal Democracy_ roundtable: an "interview
Unequal Democracy Roundtable Wrap-up
We thank Lane Kenworthy, Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson, Will
An Agenda for American Political Economy
Rather than respond directly to Larry Bartels' "response":https://themonkeycage.org/2010/12/response_to_lane_kenworthy.html to "my
Response to Will Wilkinson
While Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson "fault me":https://themonkeycage.org/2010/12/_unequal_democracy__is_what_go.html for paying
Response to Paul Pierson and Jacob Hacker
Inequality is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon. Jacob Hacker and
Roundtable on Larry Bartels’ Unequal Democracy
This week we will be hosting a roundtable on Larry
Should there be a Political Scientist in the White House?
"Ezra Klein thinks so":http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/10/column_the_five_people_obama_s.html#more. In general, Washington is split between
Forum Issue Devoted to Intersection of Politics and Political Science
_The Forum_, an online journal from the Berkeley Electronic Press,
More on the Irrelevance of Political (and Social) Science
"Daniel Ziblatt":http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~dziblatt/ sends along this piece (pdf), "Can Social Science
The Politics of Drift
_Politics and Society,_ which is my favorite journal, has a
After Massachussetts
Political scientists Jacob Hacker and Dan Hopkins have an op-ed
Environmental and Healthcare Reform: Thoughts From Someone who Teaches Intro to Comparative Politics
As both the cap and trade and health care debates
Teles on the battle over health care
"Steve Teles":http://www.samefacts.com/archives/health_care_/2009/07/what_makes_a_compromise_good.php: bq. The fundamental point to keep in mind
Health Care Cooperatives
bq. Cooperatives might be able to provide some backup in
Political scientists in public debate
The Monkey Cage has just received what I believe to
Hacker on healthcare and institutional change
Jacob Hacker has an "article":http://www.henryfarrell.net/hacker.pdf on healthcare reform in the
The Joy of Bike Racing — A Photo Essay with a Scary Video at the End
I'm a biker. No, I'm not that kind of biker.