January 25, 2012 Public Opinion on Global Issues homepage Stewart Patrick analysis As the World Economic Forum begins its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, amid concerns that the economic slowdown in the wealthy countries is undermining public support for economic aid, newly updated digests of American and international public opinionContinue Reading

Meet John Q. Public, deficit-cutter August 1, 2011 By Steven Kull This article originally appeared in Politico on July 27, 2011. As Democrats and Republicans head perilously closer to federal default on the debt, like teenagers heading toward a cliff in the game of chicken, we might ask “What wouldContinue Reading

Does the Majority Want to Tyrannize the Minority? June 22, 2011 Full article (PDF) American Public Shows How it Would Cut the Budget Deficit In the current struggle over how to deal with the budget deficit, there is a recurring fear on both ends of the political spectrum that theContinue Reading