Public Policy
January 28, 2021
Long and Menaldo: The Seattle Times – Section 230: Friend, Not Foe, of Free Speech
This past Sunday, 1/24/2021, Political Economy Forum co-founders James Long and Victor Menaldo were featured in The Seattle Times for an opinion piece regarding Section 230 and free speech. Check it out via the link below! https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/section-230-friend-not-foe-of-free-speech/
January 25, 2021
Forum Podcast – “Economic Perceptions and Policy Preferences” – with Asli Cansunar
Guest: Assistant Professor Asli Cansunar, from the Political Science Department at the University of Washington. In this episode, Assistant Professor Asli Cansunar and Forum Affiliate Morgan Wack discuss how perceptions shape individual policy preferences. They also touch on the role social media and local conditions play in shaping economic perceptions. Related work and links mentioned in the podcast:…
January 18, 2021
Forum Podcast – “Free Speech on Social Media” – with Roddy Lindsay and Victor Menaldo
Guest: Roddy Lindsay, CEO of Hustle and opinion columnist at The Information, Professor Victor Menaldo, from the Political Science Department at the University of Washington. In this episode, Professor Victor Menaldo and Forum Fellow Nicolas Wittstock host Roddy Lindsay to debate the impact of Twitter’s move to ban President Trump on free speech. They…
December 21, 2020
Forum Podcast – “Populist Economic Policy” with Magistro and Menaldo
Guests: Beatrice Magistro, PhD Candidate, and Professor Victor Menaldo, both from the Political Science Department at the University of Washington. In this episode, Beatrice Magistro and Victor Menaldo make the case that populist political actors pursue similar economy policies — no matter their professed ideological persuasion. Populist economic policies often produce disastrous outcomes, especially…
October 30, 2020
Forum Podcast: Beatrice Magistro on Economic Literacy
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/9-beatrice-magistro-on-economic-literacy Guest: Beatrice Magistro is a PhD Candidate in the UW Political Science Department and a Fellow at the UW Political Economy Forum. In this episode, Nicolas Wittstock hosts UW PhD Candidate Beatrice Magistro. They discuss Beatrice’s dissertation on the relationship between financial and economic literacy and policy preferences in Italy and the UK….
October 7, 2020
Rethinking the Durability of Revolutionary Regimes – By Anne Meng and Jack Paine
Revolutionary regimes have long been considered to be a durable form of authoritarian rule. The PRI regime in Mexico, for instance, ruled the country for 83 years, and the USSR remained in power for 74 years. Revolutionary regimes in China, Vietnam, and Cuba have been in power for 71 years, 68 years, and 62…
October 6, 2020
Air Quality Monitoring in China – by Zhaowen Guo
INTRODUCTION Why do citizens voice complaints about the provision of public goods in authoritarian regimes where it’s risky to do so? Using the quasi-natural experiment of China’s real-time air quality monitoring and disclosure program, I find that information about pollution can increase civic engagement. This complements some recent studies that find that said type…
September 25, 2020
#5 Political Economy Forum Podcast – Populism vs. Liberal Democracy
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/5-populism-vs-liberal-democracy-1 In this episode, Professor Victor Menaldo and Nicolas Wittstock discuss the meaning and virtues of Liberal Democracy and the political earthquakes that Populists have provoked across contemporary democracies. The conversation mentions works by North, Wallis, and Weingast, Levitsky and Ziblatt, John Wallis, Cas Mudde, Magistro and Menaldo, and Munger and Munger, as well as…
September 23, 2020
#4 Political Economy Forum Podcast – The End of Capitalism?
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/pe-forum-podcast-episode-5-the-end-of-capitalism In this episode, Professor Victor Menaldo and Nicolas Wittstock discuss what Capitalism is and isn’t, as well as its peculiar historical trajectory and the pathbreaking economic expansion experienced during the last 250 years. They also broach concerns over lackluster economic performance in industrialized economies today and deep skepticism about Capitalism’s ability to continue to…
September 16, 2020
#3 Political Economy Forum Podcast – On Science and Evidence-Based Policymaking
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/on-science-and-evidence-based-policymaking This week, the founders and organizers of the UW Political Economy Forum discuss the importance of the scientific method to improve how policymakers make decisions. Professors Rachel Heath, James D. Long and Victor Menaldo discuss how scientific inquiry is conducted in political economy and public policy – the pitfalls of relying on intuition and…
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