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Money in Politics

While the conventional debate usually revolves around the amount of campaign donations each candidate receives (how much), we spotlight also issues such as the concentration of donations (who donates), or more stealth forms of money in politics such as lobbying.

Money in Politics

The Catalonian Labyrinth [Parts I & II]

Tano Santos
The Catalonian problem required farsighted political leadership. We got the opposite, and now the patients are running the asylum, says Tano Santos of...
Money in Politics

The Only Viable Option for Resisting Populist Plutocrats: “Put the Leader Aside – Address Their Supporters"

Asher Schechter
The only viable option for resisting populist plutocrats is “to put the leader aside and look at how you can address their supporters," says...
Money in Politics

“In Just About Every Generation, Many People Thought the American Republic was on the Verge of Collapse”

Guy Rolnik
The second installment of our two-part interview with Harvard Business School professor David Moss about his recent book Democracy: A Case Study. "One of the reasons...
Money in Politics

How to Defeat Populist Plutocrats? “Build a Counter-Narrative”

Asher Schechter
Beppe Severgnini, one of the most influential journalists in Italy, talks to ProMarket about what the U.S. can learn from Italy on how to defeat...
Money in Politics

Can “Productive Tensions” Save American Democracy Again?

Guy Rolnik
This is the first installment of a two-part interview we had with David Moss about his recently published book Democracy: A Case Study, which contains...
Money in Politics

Raghuram Rajan: Populist Nationalism Is “the First Step Toward Crony Capitalism”

Asher Schechter
The former governor of the Reserve Bank of India discussed the “concentrated and devastating” impact that technology and trade had on blue-collar communities, the anger...
Money in Politics

The Berlusconi Voter, Taken Seriously: a Little Exercise in Historical Comprehension

Giovanni Orsina
The Berlusconi phenomenon in Italy both anticipated and exhibits features that epitomize the plight of Western politics.     This is the third installment of ProMarket’s new article...
Money in Politics

The Big Picture: Clientelism, Plutocracy, and Democratization

Francesco Trebbi
Why is the electoral process not enough to rid nations of pathological political distortions such as cronyism and corruption?   This is the second installment of ProMarket’s...
Money in Politics

Populist Plutocrats as a Political Phenomenon

Matthew Stephenson
How can a rich man successfully pose as a representative of the poor and the disenfranchised and become the leader of a populist movement?...
Money in Politics

Stigler Center Event: Is Direct Democracy a Solution to Populism?

ProMarket writers
Can direct democracy be used to fix the crisis of representative democracy? Join us for a series of three stand-alone, interrelated lunch seminars by...
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