This article proposes a new statistical method to measure persuasion within small groups, and applies this approach to a large-scale…
What taxes to levy, and at what rate, are among the most important decisions governments face. These decisions determine the size of their…
The article focuses on several aspects of raising bar for evidence in education in the U.S. It mentions that providing parents with…
Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
The promise of American democracy is at greater risk than at any time since the 1930s. Among the most important factors of America’s…
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Does media choice cause polarization, or merely reflect it? We investigate a critical aspect of this puzzle: How partisan media contribute…
A few years back, when I interviewed a former Argentine official who had been brought in during the mid-1990s to clean house in the…
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When does self-interest influence public opinion on contentious public policies? The bulk of theory in political science suggests that self…