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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

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...
Money in Politics

How Many Newt Gingrich's Are There in Washington? Much More Than You Might Think

Guy Rolnik
As more and more lobbyists move to consulting and PR agencies, experts say the underworld of hidden lobbying is probably much bigger than what formal...
Money in Politics

Watch: Richard Posner Says Congresspeople Are “Slaves to the Donors”

ProMarket writers
A clip of Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago discussing the effects of the Supreme...
Money in Politics

Stigler Center Lecture: Is American Democracy in Trouble?

ProMarket writers
David Moss, the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor at Harvard Business School, will examine the health of American democracy from a historical perspective. Fears about extreme...
Money in Politics

Financial Trust Index: Americans are Angrier at the Current Economic Situation, Particularly Low-Income Whites

Tania Diaz Bazan
The latest update of the Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index survey shows that anger at the current economic situation has been growing among...
Money in Politics

A House Divided

Paola Sapienza
On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration as president, the latest update of the Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index survey finds that Americans are sharply divided on...
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