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Power, Politics, and Markets

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Politics Is Bananas

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The New Politics of Higher Education

Why the left’s turn from higher education has coincided with a newfound conservative appreciation for it.

Marshall Steinbaum

“Marx’s Old Mole is Right Beneath the Surface”

Noam Chomsky on his new book, the Capitol coup attempt, 2020 unrest, and the prospects for progress under Biden.

Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian

Risk-Sharing

Early Americans well understood that life and making a living were precarious.
Claude S. Fischer

The Landscape of Campaign Finance Reform

Lawrence Lessig walked across New Hampshire to put campaign finance reform back on the national agenda.
Andrew Mayersohn

The Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Can Succeed Where Politics Failed

The divestment movement’s moral clarity entails a risk if advocates shift from demonizing fossil fuels to demonizing the people who dig them up. 
David Keith

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