Politicians don’t care what you think If you ever feel that your policy preferences are ignored by your representatives, well, it isn’t just you. The… Read More »Politicians don’t care what you think. Political competition can help.

In 2010, Besley, Persson, and Sturm published a paper entitled Political Competition, Policy and Growth: Theory and Evidence from the US in the Review of… Read More »Political competition would make us wealthier

In a recent podcast interview with Ruy Teixeira, Ezra Klein stated that “American politics is — I don’t want to say a perfectly competitive market,… Read More »Ezra Klein says US politics is highly competitive. This thinking prevents real solutions.