PinnedLouis PuttermanRace lies at the heart of America’s ambivalence towards democracyFollowing last week’s vivid display of how far the United States had come in its slide towards fascism during the last few years, it’s…Jan 19, 2021Jan 19, 2021
Louis PuttermanPence his killed his thousands and Trump his tens of thousandsAs the U.S. death toll from Covid-19 approaches the latest milestone of 125,000, it amazes some that the faithful are still coming out to…Jun 22, 2020Jun 22, 2020
Louis PuttermanTo make casting a vote feel as satisfying as attending a “die-in,” let’s prepare for the ‘2020…During the days of protests that followed the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis policeman, it’s been said by some that…Jun 8, 2020Jun 8, 2020
Louis PuttermanThree cheers for “the shackled leviathan”: on Acemoglu and Robinson’s The Narrow Corridor: States…MIT economist Daron Acemoglu and University of Chicago political scientist James Robinson’s new book makes important contributions to…Feb 16, 2020Feb 16, 2020
Louis PuttermanTheir grandparents were sentenced to live in a leper colony; today these Colombians are more…Leprosy or Hansen’s Disease is a mildly contagious, usually slowly developing, infectious disease that produces symptoms including skin…Oct 19, 2019Oct 19, 2019
Louis PuttermanJune 4 / July 4 — America’s China Conundrum at … Thirty?Xi’s China rose on the crushed bones of its June 4 demonstrators; today’s America offers only populist political grandstanding and trade…Jun 3, 2019Jun 3, 2019
