Political Theorists

Why you vote the way you do

25 May 2012

Genes play a role, says Jonathan Haidt, but your political outlook is also determined by six moral values

Amartya Sen: Europe's crisis - of democracy

24 May 2012

If proof were needed of the maxim that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the economic crisis in Europe provides it. The worthy but narrow intentions of the European Union’s policy makers have been inadequate for a sound European economy and have produced instead a world of misery, chaos and confusion.

Gar Alperovitz: The Rise of the New Economy Movement

22 May 2012

The "New Economy Movement" is a far-ranging coming together of organizations, projects, activists, theorists and ordinary citizens committed to rebuilding the American political-economic system from the ground up.