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Can Capitalism and Democracy Coexist? A New Index Puts Data Behind the Question
From Denmark’s extensive social programs to China’s economic restrictions, a new resource measures how capitalism takes different forms around the world, and what those differences can tell us about democracy.
What the First Amendment Promises the Press
For more than a century, the White House press corps has run on norms rather than law. That is now being tested in court.
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‘Last Branch Standing’: A Conversation on the Supreme Court With Sarah Isgur & David French
Sarah Isgur, editor of SCOTUSblog and co-host of the popular legal podcast “Advisory Opinions,” discusses her new book, "Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today’s Supreme Court."
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UVA Index Ranks U.S. Second in World’s Most Capitalist Countries
A team of researchers led by the Karsh Institute of Democracy’s Democracy and Capitalism Lab and UVA Darden’s Institute for Business in Society assembled the data to help define and measure capitalism worldwide.
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Can Capitalism and Democracy Coexist? A New Index Puts Data Behind the Question
From Denmark’s extensive social programs to China’s economic restrictions, a new resource measures how capitalism takes different forms around the world, and what those differences can tell us about democracy.
UVA Professor Studies Payoff of Engaging in Political Conversation
Prioritizing understanding over persuasion "has the potential to diminish the desire to win at any cost, even costs to democratic processes," said Karsh Institute Faculty Fellow Rachel Wahl.
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What the First Amendment Promises the Press
For more than a century, the White House press corps has run on norms rather than law. That is now being tested in court.