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Plutocracy and Politics: Can Our Democracy Survive?
Francis Fukuyama Left Out How do we explain the puzzling weakness of liberal populism? There are at least five explanations, and they're not all mutually exclusive.
Tyler Cowen The Inequality That Matters Most claims about inequality are groundless. One, however, is not.
Walter Russell Mead American Dreams, American Resentments As went the 19th-century family farm, so goes the 20th-century homeowners' dream.
 
Saturday, January 5, 1861 Secessionist forces in Alabama seized the federal arsenal in Mobile yesterday and may have also taken Fort Morgan on the mouth of Mobile Bay and Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island. Despite ordering the seizure of Forts Pulaski and Jackson in … Continue reading Friday, January 4, 1861 Georgia State troops have seized Fort Pulaski and Fort Jackson under orders of Governor Joseph E. Brown. Papers across the country are reporting that General Cameron and Edward E. Bates of Michigan have been promised positions in President-elect Lincoln’s Cabinet. … Continue reading
Robert D. Kaplan The Wounded Home Front The human costs of today's small wars are difficult to get one's head around. It's a powerful reason to seek to avoid such conflicts in the future.
Sebastian Mallaby & Matthew Klein Hedging Risk We have to learn to live with a large and sophisticated financial sector.
Marin Strmecki The State of Afghanistan The Obama Administration can't avoid state-building if it wants to exit the war safely.
Ruth Wedgwood Courting Plutocracy The legacy of American jurisprudence recognizes no contradiction between liberty and wealth—at least not yet.