While the tension between political equality and economic inequality is as old as democracy itself, a recent wave of scholarship has highlighted its acute relevance for democracy in America today. In contrast to the view that legislative responsiveness favoring the affluent is near to inevitable when income inequality is high, we argue that organized labor can be an effective source of political equality in the US House of Representatives.

Lord Daniel Finkelstein, will give a lecture in the Old Library as part of this year’s first, and inaugural, event in the series All Souls’ Lectures on Politics. The lecture entitled ‘‘Does history have an arrow?’ will address current political affairs, especially in light of the general elections being less than two weeks away.

Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”

The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the E P Abraham Lecture Theatre, Green Templeton College.
Convenor: Meera Selva

Geopolitical and trade tensions have focused on technology in recent months. This masks a deeper problem of trust in the global IT supply chain. What strategies and practical methods might be employed to build trust? Or is the world destined to be pulled between two competing operating systems?

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Marginality and insecurity have long been loosely twined together in Colombia, especially within the context of conflict. The 2016 Havana Peace Accord was heralded for ending America’s longest internal armed conflict and creating an opportunity to confront high rates of marginality and insecurity through an ambitious comprehensive agreement that made explicit the need for peaceful political participation to build sustainable peace. Yet the initial accord was defeated in plebiscite, an anti-accord president was elected in 2018, and implementation of key points has been slow.