White House Staff,
2009
Cleveland State University
White House Staff, Justin S. Vaughn, José D. Villalobos
José D. Villalobos
The White House Staff provides the bureaucratic framework that makes presidential leadership possible. Even though modern presidents continue to face constraints by the constitutional structure and political reality in successfully straddling the expectations gap that continues to enlarge, the staff presents the president with his best opportunity to anticipate and exploit leadership opportunities in the best case and manage crisis and cope with challenges in the worst. In recent decades, scholarly efforts to analyze the influence and importance of the White House staff has continued apace the institution’s own evolution. In this chapter, we evaluate the state of these efforts …
Ceo Compensation At Tarp Institutions,
2009
University of Chicago
Ceo Compensation At Tarp Institutions, Karl T. Muth
Karl T Muth
This is a PowerPoint presentation given at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business on March 10, 2010. It requires the newest version of Microsoft PowerPoint.
The Making Of A Radical Economist,
2009
University of California, Los Angeles
The Making Of A Radical Economist, Howard J. Sherman
HOWARD J SHERMAN
This article answers two questions. First, how do radical economists develop? Second, how do radical departments develop? In order to answer these two questions, I use my own experience in becoming a radical economist and my own experience in developing a radical department.
The Roller Coaster Economy: Financial Crisis, Great Recession, And The Public Option,
2009
University of California, Los Angeles
The Roller Coaster Economy: Financial Crisis, Great Recession, And The Public Option, Howard J. Sherman
HOWARD J SHERMAN
The State Of Nature: Chinese Sage Kings, Hobbes, And Challenge Of Comparative Political Thought,
2009
University of California, Merced
The State Of Nature: Chinese Sage Kings, Hobbes, And Challenge Of Comparative Political Thought, Jon D. Carlson
Jon D. Carlson
This paper contributes to the growing interest in comparative political theory by examining hypothetical antecedents in both Chinese and Western political thought and how these thought experiments impact conceptions of ‘good government’ and political behavior. A fundamental starting point in Western thought is the ‘state of nature’, commonly characterized by competing visions provided by Hobbes and Rousseau. From each, one derives assumptions about the purpose of politics, society, and appropriate behavior with regard to government. Similarly, reference to the “Sage Kings” of Chinese antiquity plays a comparable role in classical Chinese political philosophy. The reference invokes an idealized hypothetical past, …
