First Chapter: Plutocrats by Chrystia Freeland

An excerpt from journalist Chrystia Freeland’s book Plutocrats in which the author gives two brief historical narratives, one of America’s economic inequality and the other of political inequality, from the 1770s to the 1970s.

Confrontation and Collaboration

This blog was written by Stephen Kosack (UW) and Archon Fung (HKS) and originally published for the…

Five Worlds for Transparency and Accountability

First Chapter: Nation of Devils by Stein Ringen

Below is the first chapter from Oxford Professor Stein Ringen’s latest book, Nation of Devils: Democratic Leadership and the Problem of Obedience. It is the first post in an occasional series highlighting the first chapters of recent books by…

The Value of Information, as a Means to an End or an End Itself

‘And then a miracle happens’: Unpacking Accountability

Robert McChesney and John Nichols Want You to Help Break Apart the Media-Money-Elections Complex

Highlights from a discussion of their new book Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex Is Destroying America at the Ash Center on October 1, 2013.

Transparency and Accountability Interventions: Making Sense of the Evidence

A 21st Century Soapbox in New York

By Hollie Russon Gilman, PhD and Tim Glynn-Burke

Hundreds of New Yorkers sit around tables inside a glittering white “tent” on the corner of Canal Street and 6th Avenue in Hudson Square. Each table is covered by maps of the city, pens and…