Larry M. Bartels directs the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics in Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is the author of Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age.

Blog Entries by Larry M. Bartels

C Students Welcome

16 Comments | Posted October 2, 2008 | 09:53 AM (EST)


Clips of Sarah Palin's interviews with Katie Couric have generated lots of buzz about whether Palin is sufficiently well-informed about national and international affairs to be an effective vice president. Palin fans will be tuning in to tomorrow night's vice presidential debate eager to see her allay those doubts, while...

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Hope and History on the Issue of Jobs

Posted August 7, 2008 | 09:43 PM (EST)


A McCain campaign "Economic Communications Plan" leaked to the Huffington Post Thursday offers talking points and tactics for portraying Senator Barack Obama as a "job killing machine." That seems like a lot to expect from cheese aisle photo-ops and "family budget roundtables," given the striking historical record of...

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