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For those of my generation — born before or during the World War against fascism and who’ve seen the victory of the West over Soviet totalitarianism — the idea that democracy would once again be at risk is almost unthinkable. But it is, and in the very place that claims to be the bastion of democracy, the United States. Democracy is, of course, about more than having elections once every four years. It’s about systems of governance that give voice to everyone and put no one above the law.

Habits, Canvases, and Conversations: How I Think about Publishing

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In their recenty published article "Obscured Transparency? Compensation Benchmarking and the Biasing of Executive Pay," Prof. Di Prete and Benjamin Elbers, together with co-author Mathijs De Vaan (UC, Berkeley, find that firms select peer groups strategically in order to justify higher pay for the CEO and that upward bias in compensation peer groups is highly predictive of an increase in CEO compensation.

Historian Mae Ngai is featured in the new podcast series of the Tenement Museum entitled How to be an American. In related audio news, Professor Ngai’s seminal history of undocumented immigration is now available via Audiobooks.com,libro.fm, and Audible.com.

Museum Announces Podcast Series: ‘How to Be American’​