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“Intentional Polarization: How Policy Extremism and Ideological Overuse Promote Democratic Backsliding” in Democratization www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Intentional polarization: How policy extremism and ideological overuse promote democratic backsliding
Executives engaging in democratic backsliding often adopt extreme policies and ideologized discourses. We argue that this is intentional. The aim is to exacerbate polarization, which itself is inte...
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September 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“Intentional Polarization: How Policy Extremism and Ideological Overuse Promote Democratic Backsliding” in Democratization www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This amazing paper is out!
The very first paper from our large comparative project - the World Elite Database - is out.
Lots of coordination and important discussion on comparing elites allow us to - for the first time really - compare elites across very different national contexts.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Lots of coordination and important discussion on comparing elites allow us to - for the first time really - compare elites across very different national contexts.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Varieties of Economic Elites? Preliminary Results From the World Elite Database (WED)
The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions of economic power have influence on very large corporations and the markets they dominate, on vast amounts of economic re...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This amazing paper is out!
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Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.
February 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.
I can’t help but feel disheartened by today’s political turmoil. Valentine’s Day might mark the first inflationary shock under Trump’s policies. After all, 37% of the flowers imported into the U.S. and 18% of the coffee come from Colombia.
January 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I can’t help but feel disheartened by today’s political turmoil. Valentine’s Day might mark the first inflationary shock under Trump’s policies. After all, 37% of the flowers imported into the U.S. and 18% of the coffee come from Colombia.
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It's such a weird thing to hear the news and think "that's bad, but also I have a paper about (an aspect) of that"
Funding delays are really not great for people who work in science. Funding delays of > 30 days lead to:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force
- 20% decrease in wages
Funding delays are really not great for people who work in science. Funding delays of > 30 days lead to:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force
- 20% decrease in wages
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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January 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It's such a weird thing to hear the news and think "that's bad, but also I have a paper about (an aspect) of that"
Funding delays are really not great for people who work in science. Funding delays of > 30 days lead to:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force
- 20% decrease in wages
Funding delays are really not great for people who work in science. Funding delays of > 30 days lead to:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force
- 20% decrease in wages
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Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc.
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
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In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
🧵
December 6, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc.
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
🧵
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
🧵