Recent shifts in the media ecosystem raise new concerns about the vulnerability of democratic societies to fake news and the public's…
A large-scale experiment assessed the turnout effects of the “Neighbors” mailer, which exerts social pressure to vote by disclosing the…
During the Cold War, American actions — both hard and soft power — were steeped in information and data. Intelligence guided the stick —…
The flaws in the American electoral process have become increasingly apparent in recent years. The contemporary tipping point in public…
How do Americans evaluate potential U.S. Supreme Court candidates? Using a novel, two-part conjoint experiment, I show that respondents put…
I begin by summarizing some of the main features of Buchanan’s account. I argue next that his account gets no support from defeating his…
The predominantly sunny end-of-history optimism about democratic progress, evident in the late-1980s and early-1990s following the fall of…
In contrast to previous literature, which looks at the effect of democracy on long-run growth or short-run volatility of growth, we examine…
No federal Cabinet agency risks a greater financial hit in President Trump’s first budget than the oldest, the most senior and one of the…