Barbara L. Voss (Stanford): What’s New? Rethinking Ethnogenesis in the Archaeology of Colonialism. Nora Lustig (Tulane): Inequality and Fiscal Redistribution in Middle Income Countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru and South Africa. David Roberts on 2 ways of assessing political candidates, and how they explain the Clinton-Sanders conflict. Matt O’Brien on the only question that counts for Democrats. Paul Campos on Sanders, Clinton, and loss aversion. Donald Trump, top Republican candidate, is starting to say some very Bernie Sanders stuff — what if he is moving toward an endgame of a third-party run on behalf of a constituency that extends into both parties? Rise of the humanities: Professors worry about the “crisis in the humanities” — but more people than ever, especially women, are studying them.
