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Archon Fung

Archon Fung is Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and coauthor of Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency.

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Politics

COVID-19 Requires More Democracy, Not Less

We must take very seriously the responsibility to judge our leaders' policies. When they fail us, we must act as leaders ourselves.

Archon Fung

Podcast, Politics

Strangers in Their Own Land

A conversation between Arlie Hochschild and Archon Fung.

Arlie Hochschild, Archon Fung

Class & Inequality

It's The Gap, Stupid

Three new books draw a disturbing picture of America as a system of compounding inequality driven by a hereditary meritocracy of professional elites.

Archon Fung

Science & Nature

Too Much Information

Making Transparency Good for You

Elena Fagotto, Archon Fung

Forum Response

Response to Saving Privacy

Corporate data collection is more harmful than government misuse.

Archon Fung

Politics

Walking on Ice to Clean Up Congress

Lessig’s New Hampshire rebellion.

Archon Fung

What the Snowden Affair Tells Us About American Democracy

Editors' Note: Read Rahul Sagar's response to Archon Fung. Every democracy needs people

Archon Fung

Forum Response

Fighting Concentrated Money

We must discover effective ways for 21st century civic engagement.

Archon Fung

Forum Response

Affirmative-Action Engineering

Using the socioeconomic biases of technology to our advantage.

Archon Fung

Arts in Society, Global Justice

The Constructive Responsibility of Intellectuals

Using Privilege to Advance Democracy and Justice.

Archon Fung

Class & Inequality, Politics

Winning the Future

Should Political Scientists Care More About Politics?

Archon Fung

Law & Justice, Politics

Six Ways to Reform Democracy

Creating a more productive politics for the future.

Luis Ricardo Fraga, Archon Fung, Heather Gerken, Samuel Issacharoff, Pamela S. Karlan, Alex Keyssar

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