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Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson

Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, professors of political science at Yale and Berkeley, respectively, are the authors of American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper

Latest articles by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson

The Big Idea
The GOP is trying to pass a super-unpopular agenda — and that’s a bad sign for democracyThe GOP is trying to pass a super-unpopular agenda — and that’s a bad sign for democracy
The Big Idea

Political science (and common sense) says they ought to pay a price at the polls. They might not.

By Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson
The Big Idea
How Republicans’ obsession with tax cuts for the rich drove their health care plan over a cliffHow Republicans’ obsession with tax cuts for the rich drove their health care plan over a cliff
The Big Idea

The real story wasn’t Republican disunity. It was the unpopularity of their overriding goal.

By Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson

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