Though many are worried about the potential economic harm of Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the independence of the ...

In the fall of 2018, University of California, Berkeley economist Emmanuel Saez said, to an audience of economists, policymakers, and the press, “If the data don’t fit the theory, change the theory.” ...

Industrial policy has traditionally been conceived of as a strategic tool that nations use to gain “market share” in the context of international trade. Over the last five decades or so, the focus of ...

Imagine a world where the information environment is a thriving hub of diverse ideas, where information flows freely but responsibly, and where digital platforms prioritize the public good, not just ...

It is almost axiomatic that authoritarian (or “would be” authoritarian) leaders are innately hostile to free and open universities. Consider, for instance, the obsessive preoccupation over much of the ...

Two days before the election, a Trump car caravan collided with Biden supporters and social justice advocates in front of the now graffiti-covered statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.

It was about five years ago that I began thinking about a special issue of Democracy on the Constitution. I was frustrated with the Electoral College and the Senate even then, which led me to do some ...

The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation—1760-1840 By Akhil Amar • Basic Books • 2021 • 832 pages • $40 Ben Franklin famously told a questioner as he left Philadelphia’s ...

Why don’t Democrats, rather than Republicans, call themselves the “Grand Old Party”? As one of the two main players in American politics, they not only antedate their adversaries by at least a ...

Proposals for constitutional reform are afoot in ways that I have not seen in my lifetime. All of this activity reflects a fear: the age of Trump, with its relentless populist assault, and its rule-by ...

If there is one thing we have learned from around 30 years of the U.S.-style wait-and-see approach to data privacy, it’s that companies that aren’t regulated will behave badly. From lax security and ...

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