Jane K. Winn (Washington): The Secession of the Successful: The Rise of Amazon as Private Global Consumer Protection Regulator. Are modern ideas of American democracy fundamentally misguided? Debra Liese interviews Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels, authors of Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government. As campaigns seek delegates, ordinary voters feel sidelined. Michael A. Cohen on the genealogy of American demagoguery. Ignorance, racism and rage: Amy Kittelstrom on how the GOP’s transformation to the party of stupid started long before Donald Trump. Monique Morrissey on the state of American retirement: How 401(k)s have failed most American workers. Perry Anderson on the crisis in Brazil. I’m voting for Bernie, but on one condition — that he doesn’t get the nomination. David Beer writes in defence of writing book reviews: Reviewing allows us to put collective knowledge ahead of individualised contributions.
