Prof Jeffrey Winters
@profjeffreywinters.bsky.social
Professor of political science at Northwestern University. Author of THE BLIND SPOT: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracy (Scribner 2026 forthcoming) and of OLIGARCHY (Cambridge, 2011). Specialist on wealth power in democracies.
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Jason Furman has no clue how oligarchy works. The richest win massive tax benefits but somehow they're powerless because Musk didn't get his wishlist. Over $50 trillion transferred upward to richest since 1975 but "oligarchy is the wrong lens." Stuff just happens.
Jason Furman has no clue how oligarchy works. The richest win massive tax benefits but somehow they're powerless because Musk didn't get his wishlist. Over $50 trillion transferred upward to richest since 1975 but "oligarchy is the wrong lens." Stuff just happens.
Opinion | A Road Map for Undoing the Damage of the Big, Awful Bill
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July 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Jason Furman has no clue how oligarchy works. The richest win massive tax benefits but somehow they're powerless because Musk didn't get his wishlist. Over $50 trillion transferred upward to richest since 1975 but "oligarchy is the wrong lens." Stuff just happens.
Jason Furman has no clue how oligarchy works. The richest win massive tax benefits but somehow they're powerless because Musk didn't get his wishlist. Over $50 trillion transferred upward to richest since 1975 but "oligarchy is the wrong lens." Stuff just happens.
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The #UnitedStates and #China are obviously very different. But I have studied #protest and state response in #authoritarian contexts for more than 25 years.
Here are some basic thoughts on current events, #repression, bargaining, and state strength 🧵:
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Here are some basic thoughts on current events, #repression, bargaining, and state strength 🧵:
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June 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The #UnitedStates and #China are obviously very different. But I have studied #protest and state response in #authoritarian contexts for more than 25 years.
Here are some basic thoughts on current events, #repression, bargaining, and state strength 🧵:
1/9
Here are some basic thoughts on current events, #repression, bargaining, and state strength 🧵:
1/9
Interviewed today on NPR's All Things Considered about oligarchy in America.
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'Oligarchy' is being used more to describe American society. We ask one professor why
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Northwestern University political science professor Jeffrey Winters about what some have called the oligarchy shaping American politics and society.
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January 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Interviewed today on NPR's All Things Considered about oligarchy in America.
www.npr.org/2025/01/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/22/n...
Oligarchy in the US is not new. What has changed since 2010 and Citizens United is how dominant it is in American democracy.
www.newsweek.com/bernie-sande...
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Bernie Sanders issues "oligarchy" warning about Elon Musk
The Vermont senator criticized the billionaire's influence over Congress as it tries to pass a spending bill and avoid a shutdown.
www.newsweek.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Oligarchy in the US is not new. What has changed since 2010 and Citizens United is how dominant it is in American democracy.
www.newsweek.com/bernie-sande...
www.newsweek.com/bernie-sande...
We are in an era of in-your-face oligarchy in the US. Upwards of 80% of the US population believes representatives respond to the powerful few, not them. This view spans the political spectrum from Bernie's supporters to Trump's base.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Even the Koch Brothers Weren’t This Brazen
Tech billionaires such as Jeff Bezos and Marc Andreessen aren’t even trying to mask their politics anymore.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:46 AM
We are in an era of in-your-face oligarchy in the US. Upwards of 80% of the US population believes representatives respond to the powerful few, not them. This view spans the political spectrum from Bernie's supporters to Trump's base.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...