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April 30, 2013 12:04 PM How to Make Richard Florida Very Happy

Under the heading, Technology Start-Ups Take Root in Berlin, Mark Scott writes: More than two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German capital has gone from a cold war relic to one of the fastest-growing start-up communities....

By Andrew Gelman

April 26, 2013 11:53 AM George W. Bush: Mr. Debt-man

With the opening of his presidential library in Dallas, the forty-third president is enjoying renewed popularity. How quickly America forgets. The Washington Post treats readers to these adorable photographs of the dedication ceremony. Ron Fournier writes at the National Journal...

By Daniel Luzer

April 05, 2013 12:41 PM Big Banks’ Success Could Spell Their Doom

Is Washington likely to break up the country’s biggest banks? No, not right now. But perhaps soon. Political momentum for dismantling them has been, in recent weeks, overstated. That unanimous vote in the Senate for a budget amendment critical of...

By Ezra Klein

February 20, 2013 10:35 AM Who Wants to Extend the Debt Ceiling? Members Who Stand to Lose Money in the Market

Does exposure to the stock market in legislators’ personal investment portfolios affect their vote choices? Do personal financial interests matter as much or more than the typical predictors of legislative decision-making such as party and constituency? I argue that legislator...

By John Sides

January 15, 2013 12:04 PM The Economy and the Campaign

Income growth was slow through most of 2012, and prospective voters were correspondingly pessimistic about the state of the economy. So how was Barack Obama reelected? An important part of the answer is that perceptions of the economy became significantly less pessimistic in...

By Larry Bartels