Democracy in Latin America

Stories on constitutionalism, politics, and justice in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and throughout the region.

Roberto Gargarella, Pedro Salazar Ugarte, Leonardo Avritzer, and others.

---

Sweet Forgiveness

A forum on debt relief
Mike Konczal

With responses by Dean Baker; G. Marcus Cole; Tamara Draut; Louis Hyman; Jacob S. Hacker and Nathaniel Loewentheil; Mark A. Calabria; Robert C. Hockett; and Barbara H. Fried. Mike Konczal replies.

---

Promoting Social Mobility

A forum on using early intervention to reduce inequality
James J. Heckman

With responses by Mike Rose, Robin West, Charles Murray, Carol S. Dweck, David Deming, Neal McCluskey, Annette Lareau, Lelac Almagor, Adam Swift and Harry Brighouse, and Geoffrey Canada. James J. Heckman replies.

---

Under the Influence

A forum on the impact of wealth on government
Martin Gilens

With responses by Larry M. Bartels, Matthew Yglesias, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Mark Schmitt, Nancy L. Rosenblum, John Ferejohn, Barbara Sinclair, Russ Feingold, Archon Fung, and Michael Gecan. Gilens replies.

---

How Markets Crowd Out Morals

A forum on the corrupting effects of markets
Michael J. Sandel

With responses by Richard Sennett; Matt Welch; Anita L. Allen; Debra Satz; Herbert Gintis; Lew Daly; Samuel Bowles; Elizabeth Anderson; and John Tomasi. Sandel replies.

---

What to Do about Inequality

A forum on correcting gross inequities in pre-tax income.
David B. Grusky

With responses by Rick Perlstein; Mike Konczal; Shikha Dalmia; Ruy Teixeira; Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Stefanie Stantcheva; Barbara R. Bergmann; Neil McCluskey; Susan E. Mayer; Anne L. Alstott; and Glenn C. Loury. David B. Grusky replies.

---

The Port Huron Statement at 50

A forum on the declaration that launched an era of activism.

With essays by Tom Hayden, Kim Phillips-Fein, Bill Ayers, Angus Johnston, Eric Mann, Kirkpatrick Sale, Danielle Allen, Jennifer Hochschild, Trevor Stutz, and Bernardine Dohrn

---

The Future of Black Politics

A forum on the power and potential of black movements
Michael C. Dawson

With responses from William Julius Wilson, Andra Gillespie, Tommie Shelby, Rev. Patrick H. O’Connor, Jennifer L. Hochschild, Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres, Dorian T. Warren, and Robin D. G. Kelley. Michael C. Dawson replies.

---

Occupy the Future

A forum on the Occupy movement, from the perspective of Stanford professors

With essays by Rob Reich and Debra Satz, David Laitin, Kenneth Arrow, Sean Reardon, Paul and Anne Ehrlich, Prudence Carter, David Palumbo-Liu, Michele Elam and Jennifer DeVere Brody, David Grusky, Cristobal Young, Don Barr, Gary Segura, Frances Zlotnick, and Doug McAdam.

---

Citizen Consumer

A forum on using ethical consumption for social change
Dara O’Rourke

With resposes from Scott Nova, Juliet B. Schor, Lisa Ann Richey & Stefano Ponte, Scott E. Hartley, Margaret Levi, Auret van Heerden, Andrew Szasz, and Richard M. Locke, and a final reply from O’Rourke.

---

Libertarianism and Liberty

A forum on arguments for libertarian policy conclusions
T.M. Scanlon

With responses from Brad DeLong and Will Wilkinson, and a final reply by Scanlon—Web only

---

Regime Change Doesn’t Work

A forum on military interventions
Alexander B. Downes

With responses from Greg Grandin, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Neta C. Crawford, James D. Fearon, Mary Kaldor, John Tirman, Tod Lindberg, and Joanne Landy. Alexander B. Downes replies.

---

Leadership, Free to Lead

A forum on campaign-finance reform
Gov. Charles “Buddy” Roemer

With responses from Adam Bonica, Richard Briffault, Sheila Krumholz, Michael J. Malbin, and Warren Rudman. Gov. Roemer replies.—Web only

---

Mike Konczal discusses how the mortgage-debt crisis has contributed to our economic paralysis, a topic of his forum essay “Sweet Forgiveness.”

More Videos

---

China’s Other Revolution

A forum on political and social change in China
Edward S. Steinfeld

With responses from Andrew G. Walder, Helen H. Wang, Baogang He, Ying Ma, and Guobin Yang. Edward S. Steinfeld replies.

---

Fixing Congress

A forum on reforming the legislative branch
U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper

With responses from Kenneth A. Shepsle, Norman J. Ornstein, John Samples, Kathryn Pearson, John G. Geer, David Brady, Nick Nyhart, U.S. Rep. David E. Price, Stephen Ansolabehere, Andrew Gelman, and Dana Houle. Jim Cooper replies.

---

Small Changes, Big Results

Applying behavioral economics to global development
Rachel Glennerster & Michael Kremer

With responses from Diane Coyle; Eran Bendavid; Pranab Bardhan; José Gómez-Márquez; Chloe O’Gara; Shantayanan Devarajan, Jishnu Das, and Jeffrey S. Hammer; and Daniel N. Posner. Rachel Glennerster and Michael Kremer reply.

---

Back To Full Employment

Making Jobs Public Policy
Robert Pollin

With responses from James K. Galbraith, Andrew P. Morris & Roger E. Meiners, Lane Kenworthy, Jayati Ghosh, Eileen Appelbaum, Michael J. Piore, Reihan Salam, and Ruy Teixeira. Robert Pollin replies.

---

Can Technology End Poverty?

How ICT can advance global development
Kentaro Toyama

With responses from Nicholas Negroponte, Dean Karlan, Ignacio Mas, Nathan Eagle, Jenny C. Aker, Christine Zhenwei Qiang, Evgeny Morozov, and Archon Fung. Kentaro Toyama replies.

---

Democracy After Citizens United

What do do about the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision
Lawrence Lessig

With responses from David Donnelly, David N. Bossie, Nancy L. Rosenblum, Marvin Ammori, Donna F. Edwards, Will Wilkinson, Allison R. Hayward, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, John Bonifaz and Jeffrey Clements. Lawrence Lessig replies.

---

Mothers Who Care Too Much

What feminists get wrong about family, work, and equality
Nancy J. Hirschmann

With responses from Shannon Hayes, Robin West, Lisa Dodson, Melody Berger, Ann Friedman, Mona Harrington, Lane Kenworthy, and Ann L. Alstott. Nancy J. Hirschmann responds.

---

Big Pharma, Bad Medicine

How corporate dollars corrupt research and education
Marcia Angell

With responses from Adriane Fugh-Berman, David Korn, Howard Brody, Dan W. Brock, Emma D'Arcy, Suzanne Gordon, and David Bollier. Marcia Angell responds. A letter from Frank Britt and Marissa Seligman.
Thomas P. Stossel on the value of academic-industry relationships.

---

Something from Nothing

U.S. strategy in Afghanistan

Nir Rosen

With responses by Helena Cobban, Syed Saleem Shahzad, J. Alexander Thier, Andrew Exum, Aziz Hakimi, and Andrew J. Bacevich. Nir Rosen responds. Web-only: Richard W. Miller, and Rajan Menon continue the discussion.

---

Development in Dangerous Places

If richer states provide security, the poorest can finally grow.

Paul Collier

With responses by Stephen D. Krasner, William Easterly, Larry Diamond, Edward Miguel, Mike McGovern, and Nancy Birdsall.
Paul Collier responds.

---