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Martin Gilens

Martin Gilens is Professor of Politics at Princeton University and author of Affluence & Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America.is Professor of Politics at Princeton University and author of Affluence & Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America.

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Under the Influence

Democracy requires that all citizens—rich and poor alike—have influence over the policies their government adopts.

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Listening to the People — Final Response

I am grateful to the commentators for their responses.

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Outside the Laboratory

Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis make a compelling case.

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