Henry Farrell

American Democracy is an Easy Target

Americans have become paranoid about foreign cyberattacks on their political system, but they have nobody but themselves to blame.

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Slaves of Defunct Economists: Why Politicians Pursue Austerity Policies That Never Work

March 2, 2013 Book review The Washington Monthly
On January 25, the British statistics office announced that the United Kingdom’s economy had shrunk by 0.3 percent in the last quarter of 2012. After enduring two recessions in the last four years, Britain is now well on its way into a third. The pain has been compounded by a succession of austerity budgets, in ...
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Brexit, Voice and Loyalty: Rethinking Electoral Politics in an Age of Interdependence – with Abraham Newman

February 1, 2017 Review of International Political Economy24 with Abraham Newman
In the wake of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union, known as Brexit, scholars of international affairs have a chance to reflect on what this unanticipated event means for global politics. Many scholars have started applying standard political economy models based on the distributional consequences of trade or the sociotropic sources of ...
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