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White quoted in Los Angeles Times article on mistruths surrounding Trump's health
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Faricy piece on the obstacle to reforming tax code published in New York Times
Chris Faricy, associate professor of political science, argues that the main obstacle to reforming the tax code is not President Donald Trump, but rather the upper-middle-class American voter.
See related: Taxation, United States
Reeher discusses court-packing with Fox News
"I think the tone of things would shift quickly if Biden were elected," Professor of Political Science Grant Reeher says. He adds that there would be "more pushback" if Biden and Democrats actually pushed adding seats to the Supreme Court forward.
See related: Political Parties, SCOTUS, United States
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Seva Gunitsky | Autocratic Resilience in the Age of AI
Eggers Hall, 341
Seva Gunitsky (Univ. of Toronto) will discuss three AI governance strategies—panopticism, discourse management and agency alignment—and link them to old institutional tradeoffs in closed regimes.
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Prosecutors, Voters, and the Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America: The Case of Lava Jato
Virtual
Ezequiel González-Ocantos (Oxford Univ.) will discuss how the transnational bribery investigation spread throughout Latin America, paralyzed economies, upended elections and collapsed governments.