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April 13, 2014 07:00 pm PDT
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Study: American policy exclusively reflects desires of the rich; citizens' groups largelyirrelevant
In Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens [PDF], a paper forthcoming in Perspectives on Politics by Princeton's Martin Gilens and Northwestern's Benjamin Page, the authors analyze 1,779 over the past 20+ years and conclude that policy makers respond exclusively to the needs of people in the 90th wealth percentile to the exclusion of pretty much every one else.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/pbgBvRfViME/story01.htm
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