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March 26, 2021
Forum Podcast: “Selling your Soul or Hedging? What are Income Pools?”
Guests: Professor Victor Menaldo, Morgan Wack, Amos Chi, and Nicolas Wittstock. In this episode, Forum fellows and friends discuss how income share agreements might enable people to pay for college and pool risk in the knowledge economy. Related work and links mentioned in the podcast: Morgan Wack and Nicolas Wittstock – Income pools to…
March 23, 2021
Long, Menaldo, and Wack Featured on The Conversation 3/16/21
The Political Economy Forum’s James Long, Victor Menaldo, and Morgan Wack recently contributed an article to The Conversation, a website devoted to academic rigor with journalistic flair. Their piece is titled, “Prosecuting ex-presidents for corruption is trending worldwide – but it’s not always great for democracy“ Read the article by clicking here!
March 15, 2021
Forum Podcast: “How Dictators (ab)use Democratic Institutions” – with Anne Meng
Guest: Anne Meng – Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. In this episode, Anne Meng – Assistant Prof. of Political Science at University of Virginia and Forum host Nicolas Wittstock discuss how dictators use seemingly inclusive political institutions to cement their power. Related work and links…
February 11, 2021
Breaking Up Big Tech: A Solution in Search of a Problem
Check out Victor Menaldo’s article about Big Tech and regulation on VentureBeat via the link below!
January 14, 2021
Impeaching Donald Trump Was a Good Idea, by Victor Menaldo
Was impeaching Donald Trump a good idea? If so, why? Yes. For several reasons. First, it is an entirely just response to his behavior. Second, it is perfectly legal, given that he (a) stoked an insurrection against a separate branch of government that led to several deaths and could have contributed to the injury…
January 9, 2021
What stops executives from brushing aside the pesky rulings of an antagonistic court?
From Menaldo and Webb Williams 2016: Judicial supremacy…means that the other branches of government will abide by the judiciary’s decision to nullify their acts. The judiciary, whether it take the form of a Supreme or Constitutional Court, is the final interpreter of the constitution. While the executive and legislative branches of government may also be…
What do we know about dictatorships?
What do we know about dictatorships? A lot, it turns out. They differ from democracies. They are usually characterized by irregular transfers of power between rulers. Smaller groups have greater political influence and power. A dictator’s supporters are wracked by rampant uncertainty about his intentions and, vice-versa, the dictator tends to mistrust the organizations that…
October 20, 2020
Neither Free Nor Fair? #8 Lawrence Wilkerson on Counterintelligence and Election Security
Guest: Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William & Mary; member of the National Task Force on Election Crises and the Transition Integrity Project. James is joined by Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson. Wilkerson is currently a distinguished adjunct professor of Government and Public Policy at the College…
October 19, 2020
Political Economy Forum Podcast: Truth, Heidegger, and Totalitarianism
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/10-17-uw-final-edit In this episode of the Political Economy Podcast Nicolas Wittstock hosts Mark Menaldo and Victor Menaldo. They discuss Mark’s forthcoming piece on the existential philosopher Martin Heidegger and his influence on politics. They broach the different branches of philosophy, including metaphysics, namely, the study of reality, and the origins and consequences of postmodernism. One…
October 11, 2020
Neither Free nor Fair? #5 America: a Fledgling Democracy?
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/5-america-a-fledgling-democracy Guests: Colin Cookman, program officer with the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Center for South and Central Asia, co-hosted by Bree Bang-Jansen, chair of the International Security Colloquium and affiliate of the Political Economy Forum affiliate at the University of Washington. In this episode, James Long speaks with Colin Cookman of the US Institute of…
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