Is All Politics Still Local?
What interest groups tell us about America’s changing federalism
Essays
Democracy Belongs on the List
Classical liberalism has sometimes been suspicious of democracy. But it shouldn’t be.
Tribes, Coalitions, Parties
A theory of how political organizations form, cooperate, rise, and decline.
The Eighteenth Brumaire and Collective Wrongs
What Napoleon’s nephew can teach us about populism.
The Automated Overton Window
How digital systems shape which political alternatives become thinkable
Can Democracy Survive if We Stand on Different Foundations?
Characterizing conservative and liberal beliefs should be just the start of a much larger conversation.
Lessons on Liberal Balance from Brazil
Recent events in Brazil may hold lessons for other countries with presidential systems, including the United States.
Public Choice: Politics without Romance
We choose in groups because we value being united. Public choice economics seeks to make sense of what happens next.
Educational Polarization and the Politics of Young Men
Our political battle lines fall increasingly along our growing educational divide, in which young women are advancing, and young men are falling behind.
Realism, Idealism, and a Balanced Foreign Policy
The last thirty years have been a time of extremes in American foreign policy. How can liberals get the balance right?
The Enemy Is Power, Wherever You Find It
Concentrations of power are a danger, and a liberal society must reckon with them wherever they occur.