Why replacing Biden with Harris may not mobilize Black voters
Black support for Harris has been weaker than Black support for Biden over the past four years.
What to celebrate during Malawi’s 60th birthday
Lessons in resistance and resilience.
A viral poll result got debunked. People are learning the wrong lesson.
Are all polls with opt-in samples wrong? Not quite.
Two years after Nicaragua’s mass uprising started, why is Daniel Ortega still in power?
These three things explain why a mass nonviolent uprising didn’t manage to oust the authoritarian ruler.
People thought tactical voting was a big deal in Britain’s general election. It wasn’t.
It is wildly unlikely that Labour could have won, even if British voters had been more tactically aware
This new book teaches you everything you need to know about African elections
Technical and demographic changes make this a timely publication.
Who supports animal rights? Here’s what we found.
These two graphs explain.
A new poll shows 5 big challenges facing the Republicans in November
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This is what Trump supporters and your argumentative uncle have in common
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How Yemen’s United Nations mediation could avoid failing again (but probably won’t)
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Do public goods have to be public? Not in some African countries.
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How do you measure ‘democracy’?
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How do you measure 'democracy'?
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Could a U.N.-brokered pact save Libya?
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Gulf states pursue unique approaches to falling oil prices
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What The Economist could have read before suggesting that U.S. slavery wasn’t all bad
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When The Economist blamed Irish peasants for starving to death
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Do Americans really love drone strikes?
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Replicate it! A proposal to improve the study of political accountability
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Lies, damned lies, and Obama’s deportation statistics
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Good judgment in forecasting international affairs (and an invitation for season 3)
This is a guest post by Michael Horowitz, an associate
Why it can be rational to vote
I think I can best do my civic duty by
Potpourri
* Londoners appear to need some inspiration from Olympic athletes.
White Knights
Overall, then, I'd say there's evidence that a white-knight candidate
From AAA to AA+: Markets, Governments and the Downgrade
Standard and Poor’s downgrade of United States debt came after
Moving from the Debt Ceiling Debate to 2012
In a series of four posts, I have been trying
Potpourri
* "Maybe one day people will talk less about Ronald
Not Just a German Problem: Lessons from the EMU Sovereign Debt Crisis for Global Adjustment
_The German question never dies. Instead, like a flu virus,
More on Academia and Admissions: A Response to Critiques
Thanks for the thoughtful comments from "Andy":https://themonkeycage.org/2011/01/academia_as_a_meritocracy_some.html and the people
Academia as a Meritocracy: A Response to The Economist
In its year end issue, "The Economist":http://www.economist.com/ makes one of
Age and happiness: The pattern isn’t as clear as you might think
A couple people pointed me to this recent news article
Russian Potpourri
* For anyone interested in quickly bringing themselves up to
Roundtable on Larry Bartels’ Unequal Democracy
This week we will be hosting a roundtable on Larry
Why it can be rational to vote
I think I can best do my civic duty by
Power Without Consequences
I was recently catching up on some back issues of
Southern European Syndrome
As American once again debates the significance of a "House
Why It’s So Hard to Cut the Federal Budget
A new Economist/YouGov poll asked people "If government spending is
Federal Spending in Red and Blue States
Monkey Cage reader Ken Wedding forwarded me this post at
The Bad Ass Theory of Why Dictators Sign the Convention Against Torture
A decade or so ago Oona Hathaway and others noted
Could Scotland be the Next Slovakia?
One of the fun things about writing for a blog
Baseball, Football, and Rational Choice
Kenneth Kovash and Steven Levitt have a fun (from my
Here’s An Interesting Idea….
"Rejecta Mathematica":http://math.rejecta.org/ is a new mathematics journal. Its mission statement:
The Fifth Republic
For a bracing bit of provocation, Theodore Lowi's new essay
The Political Valence of DNA Testing
The Economist wrote recently that just as the 1900s were
Freak-Freakonomics
Ot the hundreds of articles I've written in my three