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
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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Obamacare is the law of the land. But it’s still vulnerable.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s (R-Wis.) decision to pull legislation
Trump’s plan to roll back Medicaid will especially affect his voters
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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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This is why Paul Krugman is wrong about the Federal Reserve
[caption id="attachment_30066" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Federal Reserve headquarters on Sept. 18,
Can unlimited contributions to political parties really reduce polarization?
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Five key lessons about the welfare state
[caption id="attachment_23378" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Howard L. Sachs/AP)[/caption] During the 1980s,
Political scientist Martha Derthick has died
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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
Free Trade II: Free Trade and Intellectual Property
On the more particular topic of free trade agreements, "Matthew
Invisibility and policy design
One of the themes of my new book, The Submerged
Institutions and Politics
I'm teaching my Ph.D. level course on institutions and politics
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
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
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
Perspectives Panel at APSA
Jeffrey Isaac, the editor of the APSA journal _Perspectives on
The Politics of Drift
_Politics and Society,_ which is my favorite journal, has a
Learning the Hard Way? The March 2010 Swiss Pension Referendum
In our continuing series of "election reports":https://themonkeycage.org/election_reports/, we are pleased
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
Political scientists in public debate
The Monkey Cage has just received what I believe to
Who Cares Whether There’s An Electoral Realignment?
Political scientists' opinions on electoral realignments seem to "run the
Nixonland panel
In September, I organized a panel on Rick Perlstein's recent
Americanists and political economy
Four years ago, Paul Pierson, a comparativist who has drifted
Monkeys at the Zoo
Under the fold, all of the APSA panels that I