Leonardo Becchetti, Nazaria Solferino, and Maria Elisabetta Tessitore (Rome): How to Safeguard World Heritage Sites? A Theoretical Model of “Cultural Responsibility”. Stephen Ziliak (Roosevelt): Honest Abe Was a Co-Op Dude: How the G.O.P. Can Save America from Despotism. Jan Brezger (Berlin) and Andreas Cassee (Zurich): Jurisdiction without Exclusion: What’s Wrong with Institutionalist Arguments for a Right to Exclude Immigrants? Sarah Zhang on how much money Big Cable gave the politicians who oversee the Internet. From The Washington Monthly, a special issue on what we’re learning about economic equality and growth — more equality means more prosperity; and let’s pay for the government we get: Bill White on why, someday soon, middle-class taxes will have to go up. David Leonhardt on the Great Wage Slowdown, looming over politics. Jamelle Bouie on the Disunited States of America: Gridlock is only a symptom — why our democracy may be hardwired to fail for a generation. James Robertson writes in defence of Russell Brand: “Brand is using his celebrity to draw attention to the stories the media ignores”. Chris Lehmann on the Christ nexus and Professor David Brat. Cezary Podkul on how Wall Street tobacco deals left states with billions in toxic debt. Andrew Gelman on why California is so liberal and Alabama is so conservative. Fire Valerie Jarrett: If Obama really wants to shake things up, his closest adviser should be the first to go. The Obama Whisperer: No one has understood Valerie Jarrett's role, until now (and Matthew Yglesias on the real reason Valerie Jarrett is the most hated person in Washington: The partisan presidency has created a dirty job that someone has to do, and she's the one).
