Affluence and Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America
Martin Gilens, Professor of Politics at Princeton University, studies economic inequality and political power in the United States. His project, entitled “Inequality and Democratic Responsiveness,” relates policy preferences expressed by low, middle, and high income Americans with actual federal policymaking between 1964 and 2006. Gilens’ analyses show enormous inequalities in the responsiveness of policymakers to […]