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David W. Brady

David W. Brady

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David W. Brady is Professor of Political Science and Leadership Values at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.

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  1. The State of America’s Disunion
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    The State of America’s Disunion

    Nov 23, 2020 Michael Spence & David W. Brady find deep and consistent partisan divisions in voting patterns at the county level.

  2. Who Will Win the US Presidential Election?
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    Who Will Win the US Presidential Election?

    Oct 31, 2020 Michael Spence & David W. Brady show why Joe Biden is in a far better position – at least in opinion polls – than Hillary Clinton was in 2016.

  3. COVID-19 Is Beating Trump
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    COVID-19 Is Beating Trump

    Aug 3, 2020 Michael Spence & David W. Brady show how and explain why voter sentiment has turned against the US president in recent months.

  4. COVID-19 and the Trust Deficit
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    COVID-19 and the Trust Deficit

    Apr 22, 2020 Michael Spence & David W. Brady consider the impact of sharply declining public confidence in institutions on the global pandemic response.

  5. Delivering on Promises to the Middle Class
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    Delivering on Promises to the Middle Class

    Apr 2, 2017 Michael Spence & David W. Brady consider what the US administration's economic plan gets right – and where it falls short.

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    Biden or Plan B?

    Ian Bremmer explains the nature and stakes of the perfect political storm now consuming the Democratic Party.
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    Britain's “Change Election” Changes Nothing

    Anatole Kaletsky explains why the biggest electoral upheaval in UK history will have limited economic and political effects.
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    The Supreme Court Is Shaking America’s Fiscal Foundations

    Aziz Huq sounds the alarm about a dangerous trend in US constitutional law that is showing no signs of abating.
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    Would the French Far Right Moderate Once in Power?

    Nouriel Roubini holds out hope that markets and European institutions might constrain a National Rally government.
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    The Global Implications of Iran’s Election

    Ana Palacio considers what a victory for the reformist candidate might mean for regional and international stability.
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    No Class War From Britain’s Most Working-Class Government

    Aaron Reeves & Sam Friedman

    Labour leader Keir Starmer’s incoming cabinet has more people of working-class origin than any British cabinet that came before it, and this remarkable feature will surely bear on policymaking. However, various countervailing forces will moderate any latent impulse to veer sharply to the left.

     explain how the socioeconomic backgrounds of Labour’s cabinet members will, and will not, bear on policymaking.
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    The Decline and Fall of the Petrodollar?

    Carla Norrlöf

    If Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the world’s other large oil producers were to shift away from settling their oil trade in dollars, the implications for other commodity markets, global trade patterns, and financial stability would be enormous. But how plausible is this scenario in the foreseeable future?

     considers whether Saudi Arabia would ever move away from invoicing its oil trade in US dollars.
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    Democracy, What Democracy?

    Ian Buruma warns that Donald Trump’s supporters have a different understanding of government by the people.
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    Britain’s Now-or-Never Moment

    Kaushik Basu explains why increased public infrastructure investment is needed to improve the country’s economic prospects.

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