Oct 31, 2019
Newly released polls show wide-ranging political scenarios, but
reading the electorate can be hard. What exactly is going on and
what might pundits and media be getting wrong? In this week’s
episode, Joel Benenson discusses his work on four presidential
campaigns with Sam Wang and Julian Zelizer. Benenson argues...
Oct 24, 2019
Income inequality in the U.S. has reached a five-decade high,
according to data from the Census Bureau. Debates over why this is
happening and how to address it have taken center stage in the
Democratic debates, with Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth
Warren calling for a wealth tax while other candidates are...
Oct 17, 2019
Economists shape conversations on topics ranging from business to
politics, and their influence is widely felt; the Federal Reserve,
trade negotiations, and public spending have become central focuses
of political debate. But economists weren’t always permanent
fixtures in policymaking. Binyamin Appelbaum joins Sam...
Oct 10, 2019
Racism affects our criminal justice system — from policing methods
to prison-system structures to punishments issued for different
crimes. More than 50 years after the publication of the Kerner
Report — which investigated the 1967 race riots — many of the same
problems of institutionalized racism persist today....
Oct 3, 2019
Many conservative politicians have used the term “free enterprise”
as a rallying cry during the past few elections. Yet, the exact
meaning of the phrase is unclear. Where did this idea come from?
What did it mean in different time periods? And what are the stakes
in how we define it? Lawrence Glickman joins Julian...