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Martin Gilens

Martin Gilens is Professor of Politics at Princeton University and author of Affluence & Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America.is Professor of Politics at Princeton University and author of Affluence & Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America.

Under the Influence

Under the Influence

Democracy requires that all citizens—rich and poor alike—have influence over the policies their government adopts.

Martin Gilens

Response: Listening to the People — Final Response

I am grateful to the commentators for their responses.

Martin Gilens

Response: Outside the Laboratory

Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis make a compelling case.

Martin Gilens
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