Politicians are widely perceived to lose significance upon leaving office. Yet media accounts often highlight politicians' legacies as a source of influence that endures even after they retire. This article assesses these contrasting views by investigating the substance, endurance, and...

In einer exklusiv für die Atlantik-Brücke verfassten Analyse befasst sich der renommierte Politologe Francis Fukuyama mit einem Phänomen, das von globaler Bedeutung ist: dem Populismus. Er zeigt Merkmale populistischer Strömungen auf und rückt insbesondere auch sein eigenes Land, die USA,...

Economists have studied the impact of numerous state laws, from welfare rules to voting ID requirements. Yet for all this policy evaluation, what do we know about policy diffusion--how these policies spread from state to state? We present a series of facts based on a data set of over 700 U.S....