Tag: political divide

Q&A: New book shows how innovation inequality fuels America’s political divide

sarah JonasFeature Expert

Victor Menaldo, UW professor of political science, co-authored the forthcoming book, “U.S. Innovation Inequality and Trumpism.” The book focuses on how former President Donald Trump — like other populists that came before him — exploits ‘innovation inequality,” or the divide between areas that are more technologically advanced and those that aren’t.

Pitt’s Center for Governance and Market Receives $2.4 Million Grant from John Templeton Foundation to Study How Societies Overcome Deep Differences

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A team led by the Center for Governance and Markets (CGM) at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs will examine the way societies manage and overcome polarization and social cleavages with a $2.4 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation.