Democracies around the world are facing challenges of radicalization and ideological polarization. Harassment and threats against elected officials, hateful rhetoric and violence against minorities, and the normalization of extremism by once mainstream actors have become commonplace. What are the causes and consequences of…
Dive into the intricate world of New Jersey legislative politics with a five-term state lawmaker. Journey through the processes underlying three bills he crafted and successfully shepherded through enactment: a transformative policy that led to historic reductions in the state’s prison population, a wildlife conservation…
Book Talk: We’ve Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care
Amy Finkelstein, John & Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In September 2022, the incoming leadership of the UK government presented a new economic vision, billed initially as a mini Budget but in fact representing a radical overhaul of economic policy. The investor response to sell UK government debt was sharp, and soon spiralled as hidden vulnerabilities in financial markets were…
Neal Katyal – Former Acting Solicitor General of the United States and one of the nation’s preeminent litigators – will join us at Princeton to discuss his experience arguing race and civil liberties in the Supreme Court, following landmark rulings that upended legal president on affirmative action. He has argued more Supreme…
One of the most persistent and pernicious challenges of human civilization has been systemic inequity: societies set up to the advantage of some groups and to the disadvantage of others. What is systemic inequity? How is it perpetuated? What are its historical and contextual roots? What kind of leadership is required to…
In 2023, something unusual happened in the Big Sky state. Montana’s Republican-controlled state government unexpectedly adopted a series of housing reforms championed by environmentalists, business interests, tribal nations, and affordable housing advocates. This legislative package, which Bloomberg CityLab called the ‘Montana…
Much of the work of interstate relations is ultimately carried out by bureaucrats. Individual officers within diplomatic, military, and intelligence bureaucracies, trade and investment agencies, and international organizations play vital roles in global commerce, cooperation, and governance. Yet, despite their ubiquity in the…
