GOVERNMENT & MARKETS: What are the conditions that distinguish success from failure in the governance and regulation of the economy? »
INSTITUTIONS OF DEMOCRACY: What factors and institutions - of government, business, civil society, and beyond - are most central to the functioning of American democracy? »
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: What are the consequences of the rise of income inequality in the U.S. for the economy, society, and democracy? »
NATIONAL SECURITY: How can the U.S. sustainably advance its national security interests given fiscal constraints and shifts in the global distribution of power? »
History of American Democracy The Tobin Project's Institutions of Democracy initiative recently held a conference exploring the factors that shape American politics.
Corporations & American Democracy When and why did governments grant corporations rights? What did they ask in return? How have these relationships changed over time?
Studies in Democratic Erosion and Collapse, From Ancient Athens to the Present Day
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Edited by Daniel A. Crane and William J. Novak. The Tobin Project's new full-length account of the antimonopoly tradition throughout U.S. history is now available for purchase from Oxford University Press. Read excerpts for free.
On September 26th and 27th, the Tobin Project convened nine graduate students for a workshop on the History of American Democracy, where participants shared research projects and provided feedback on each other's work.
On July 15th and 16th, the Tobin Project held a meeting of our working group on the History of American Democracy, seeking to develop research on how democratic institutions have functioned and evolved over time.
On April 26th and 27th, the Tobin Project hosted a Conference on Inequality and Decision Making, convening forty-seven scholars of psychology, sociology, economics, and other fields to investigate the impacts of high and/or rising economic inequality on individuals’ behavior.