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PoGo 212: American Public Policy

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New York Times - Politics

New York Times - Opinion

Washington Post - Politics

Washington Post - Opinion

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Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, "Democracy and Capitalism" in Stella Z. Theodoulou and Matthew A. Cahn, eds., Public Policy: The Essential Readings (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1995), 368-372. Chapter 1 of Democracy and Capitalism (New York: Basic Books, 1986).

John Dewey, "The Public and Its Problems" in Philip Green, ed., Democracy (Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1994), 120-125. Excerpts from The Public and Its Problems (Denver: Alan Swallow, n. d.).

Milton Friedman, "Capitalism and Freedom" in Theodoulou and Cahn, eds., Public Policy 372-376. Excerpt from Capitalism and Freedom (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982).

Walter Lippmann, The Phantom Public (New York: Harcourt, Brace, [c1925]), 63-74, 143-151.

William Graham Sumner, "What Social Classes Do Not Owe Each Other" in Annals 10: 594-601. Excerpts from What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (New York: 1883).

Lester F. Ward, "Plutocracy or Paternalism" in The Annals of America, vol. 12 (Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1968), 29-32. Excerpts, originally published in Forum (November 1895).

Mortenson Electronic Reserve Links to Embryo Research, Gay Rights, Racism and the Black Middle Class, and Zero Tolerance.

Recommended Reading

Jill Abramson, "The Business of Persuasion Thrives in Nation's Capital," New York Times (September 29, 1998).

Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, Big Money and Politics, Time 155, no. 5 (February 7, 2000). [There are four articles altogether: One long one, "How the little guy gets crunched," and three short ones "Campaign finance," "Drained batteries," and "Framed."]