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Beyond 1600
The White House is where ultimate power rests, but top-notch people running the agencies is what makes government work.
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Convey the Economics
A CEA chair is not a political adviser. Just give the President the information he needs to make a good decision.
By Jason FurmanSymposium
Democracy Is an Act—One That Doesn't End on Election Day
The President of the United States is exploiting a deadly pandemic to ratchet up his assault on democracy, sow chaos, and delegitimize the upcoming election.
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Biden's Key to Success: Majorities of Expediency
An FDR-style legislative steamroller is not possible. But ad hoc majorities in support of specific goals are entirely achievable. Here’s how.
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Unity Over Bipartisanship
Genuine bipartisanship is largely illusory. To deliver for Americans, Democrats need unity.
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The Failed Promise of a ‘Global Public Good’
The rapid discovery of a COVID-19 vaccine quickly gave way to vaccine nationalism in which developing countries have been left behind. Can we still turn things around?
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Convey the Economics
A CEA chair is not a political adviser. Just give the President the information he needs to make a good decision.
By Jason FurmanArguments
Biden's Key to Success: Majorities of Expediency
An FDR-style legislative steamroller is not possible. But ad hoc majorities in support of specific goals are entirely achievable. Here’s how.
By Rob SteinArguments
Taming the Beast
How on earth do we return authoritarian true believers to civil society? There are short-term and long-term answers.
By Jim SleeperArguments
Cleansing Ourselves of Trumpism
We can’t wish away the resentments he’s stoked. But we can counter them.
By Jim SleeperBook Reviews
Meritocracy and its Discontents
Michael Sandel says the hoi polloi are mad at the elites—and he thinks they have good reason to be.
By David MadlandBook Reviews
Rebuilding the American 'We'
There’s more to history than the results of the last election, and Robert Putnam reminds us that some hope reposes there.
By James T. Kloppenberg
There’s more to history than the results of the last election, and Robert Putnam reminds us that some hope reposes there.
