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Rein in the Rich: How Higher Taxes Could Lift the Economy
War’s Laureate
Why Regions Fail: Zoning as an Extractive Institution
The hottest topic in economic development theory right now is the role of institutions. In their new book, “Why Nations Fail,” social scientists Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson argue that institutions—the rules of society—have long lasting implications on national prosperity. READ MORE >>
The Big Split
Very Bad Basketball Refereeing
Rutgers basketball fans are furious: Or at least, they would be furious if there were any Rutgers basketball fans. That is some epically bad officiating. READ MORE >>
Privacy Strikes Back
Memphis on Broadway
Memphis Shubert Theatre Million Dollar Quartet Nederlander Theatre READ MORE >>
We’ve long liked the Department of Energy’s new Energy Innovation Hubs program, with its resemblances to our energy discovery-innovation institutes idea. READ MORE >>
Tracy Flicks
New York’s new senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, is a very ambitious politician. Just months after deposing a four-term GOP incumbent in 2006, she raised nearly $700,000--more than any other freshman legislator. As a sophomore in the House, she attempted to bypass more senior members for a seat on the coveted Ways and Means Committee. And she lobbied intently for the Senate appointment. “[H]er eye has been on that prize for a long, long time,” Jonathan Schiller, a founding partner of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, where Gillibrand worked as a partner, told the New York Observer. READ MORE >>
David Greenberg is a professor of history and media studies at Rutgers and a contributing editor to The New Republic. Despite what you may have heard, there is nothing slow or delayed about Hillary Clinton's decision to wait until Saturday to formally concede the Democratic nomination--at least as a historical matter. It has been a while since a Democratic nomination fight came down to the wire as this one has, but consider: READ MORE >>
