Larry Bartels
- : Larry Bartels is the Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs and Professor of Politics at Princeton University. He is the author of Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age.
A Political System Utterly Unresponsive to the Poor
Anyone who has been following my posts in the past few days will have surmised that Unequal Democracy is a rather pessimistic book. But I've saved the most pessimistic finding for last. It concerns the ramifications of economic inequality...more »
Posted on May 16, 2008 2:29 PM
Are Americans Egalitarians?
They certainly sound egalitarian. For example, as I noted the other day, more than 85% of Americans say they agree that "Our society should do whatever is necessary to make sure that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed."...more »
Posted on May 15, 2008 11:29 AM
Economic Voting with a Profound Republican Twist
Political scientists have shown that the state of the national economy has a substantial impact on voting behavior and election outcomes. Pioneers in this line of scholarship viewed their work as a bracing antidote to pessimistic concerns that the...more »
Posted on May 14, 2008 5:21 PM
Republicans, Democrats, and Inequality
One of the most controversial findings in Unequal Democracy is that the incomes of middle-class and working poor families have grown much less robustly under Republican presidents than when Democrats are in the White House. The Census Bureau's Historical...more »
Posted on May 12, 2008 10:29 PM
An Introduction to Unequal Democracy
I'm delighted to be at TPMCafe and I'm looking forward to this week's discussion of Unequal Democracy. The book focuses on escalating economic inequality in contemporary America and the ways in which partisan politics and public policy have contributed...more »
Posted on May 12, 2008 9:45 AM
