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Peter Rosendorff</a></span> <span> - </span> January 10, 2025 </div> <div class="module31-content"> <div class="hide-thumb">Sovereign borrowing is central to what governments do – but increasingly costly, even for wealthy democracies.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix post-140588 news type-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-good-to-know ttd_topic-american-journal-of-political-science ttd_topic-barack-obama ttd_topic-cambridge-university-press ttd_topic-canada ttd_topic-christopher-wlezien ttd_topic-democracy ttd_topic-donald-trump ttd_topic-europe ttd_topic-frank-baumgartner ttd_topic-james-stimson ttd_topic-japan ttd_topic-joe-biden ttd_topic-john-m-sides ttd_topic-niskanen-center ttd_topic-public-opinion-quarterly ttd_topic-republican-party ttd_topic-stuart-neil-soroka ttd_topic-thermostatic-mixing-valve ttd_topic-united-states ttd_topic-united-states-congress ttd_topic-unsplash ttd_topic-white-house" > <div class="category1-jtop"> <div class="category1-thumbnail"> <div class="sticky-text"> FEATURED </div> </div> <div class="category1-jbottom"> <div class="module9-titlebig"> <h2><a href="https://goodauthority.org/news/good-to-know-thermostatic-politics-public-opinion/">Good to Know: The public is a thermostat</a></h2> </div> <div class="category1-jbottomleft"> <div class="category1-time"><span class='authors-byline'><a href="https://goodauthority.org/people/alexander-kustov/">Alexander Kustov</a></span> <span> - </span> January 3, 2025 </div> <div class="module31-content"> <div class="hide-thumb">Why there is a never-ending cycle of governments doing something and the public wanting the opposite.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix post-140476 news type-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-good-to-know tag-tariffs news-type-good-to-know ttd_topic-airbus-se ttd_topic-american-revolution ttd_topic-barack-obama ttd_topic-boeing ttd_topic-canada ttd_topic-china ttd_topic-chinese ttd_topic-constitution-of-the-united-states ttd_topic-cuba ttd_topic-donald-trump ttd_topic-douglas-irwin ttd_topic-economic-sanctions ttd_topic-europe ttd_topic-european-union ttd_topic-flickr ttd_topic-george-w-bush ttd_topic-google ttd_topic-harmonized-tariff-schedule-of-the-united-states ttd_topic-indo-pacific ttd_topic-internal-revenue-service ttd_topic-japanese ttd_topic-joann ttd_topic-joe-biden ttd_topic-malaysia-airlines ttd_topic-mexico ttd_topic-national-retail-federation ttd_topic-oxford-university-press ttd_topic-republican-party ttd_topic-russia ttd_topic-tax-foundation ttd_topic-the-university-of-chicago ttd_topic-the-washington-post ttd_topic-trade-act-of-1974 ttd_topic-trans-pacific-partnership ttd_topic-u-s-steel ttd_topic-ukraine ttd_topic-united-kingdom ttd_topic-united-states ttd_topic-united-states-congress ttd_topic-united-states-senate ttd_topic-world-trade-organization" > <div class="category1-jtop"> <div class="category1-thumbnail"> <div class="sticky-text"> FEATURED </div> </div> <div class="category1-jbottom"> <div class="module9-titlebig"> <h2><a href="https://goodauthority.org/news/tariffs-trade-good-to-know-how-tariffs-work/">Good to Know: How tariffs work</a></h2> </div> <div class="category1-jbottomleft"> <div class="category1-time"><span class='authors-byline'><a href="https://goodauthority.org/people/alexandra-guisinger/">Alexandra Guisinger</a></span> <span> - </span> December 20, 2024 </div> <div class="module31-content"> <div class="hide-thumb">The idea of tariffs as a tax revenue stream seems easy to understand. Their political consequences are less so.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix post-139161 news type-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-china tag-good-to-know news-type-good-to-know ttd_topic-beijing ttd_topic-bloomberg ttd_topic-cambridge-university-press ttd_topic-china ttd_topic-communist-party ttd_topic-country-garden ttd_topic-current-history ttd_topic-donald-trump ttd_topic-evergrande-group ttd_topic-financial-times ttd_topic-japan ttd_topic-mao-zedong ttd_topic-national-day ttd_topic-oxford-university-press ttd_topic-party-state-capitalism ttd_topic-sse-composite-index ttd_topic-united-states ttd_topic-university-of-california-san-diego ttd_topic-unsplash ttd_topic-xi-jinping ttd_topic-yuen-yuen-ang" > <div class="category1-jtop"> <div class="category1-thumbnail"> <div class="sticky-text"> FEATURED </div> </div> <div class="category1-jbottom"> <div class="module9-titlebig"> <h2><a href="https://goodauthority.org/news/good-to-know-chinas-economy-ccp-challenge-xi-jinping/">Good to Know: Can China reboot its economy?</a></h2> </div> <div class="category1-jbottomleft"> <div class="category1-time"><span class='authors-byline'><a href="https://goodauthority.org/people/jeremy-wallace/">Jeremy Wallace</a></span> <span> - </span> November 12, 2024 </div> <div class="module31-content"> <div class="hide-thumb">Xi Jinping’s latest stimulus move kicks the can down the road.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix post-137980 news type-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-good-to-know tag-polarization ttd_topic-alan-abramowitz ttd_topic-americans ttd_topic-brookings-institution ttd_topic-canva ttd_topic-democratic-party ttd_topic-donald-trump ttd_topic-electoral-studies ttd_topic-hoover-institution ttd_topic-john-m-sides ttd_topic-marc-j-hetherington ttd_topic-morris-fiorina ttd_topic-newt-gingrich ttd_topic-political-polarization ttd_topic-political-psychology ttd_topic-r-ga ttd_topic-republican-party ttd_topic-sarah-binder ttd_topic-taylor-swift ttd_topic-united-states ttd_topic-united-states-congress ttd_topic-united-states-house-of-representatives" > <div class="category1-jtop"> <div class="category1-thumbnail"> <div class="sticky-text"> FEATURED </div> </div> <div class="category1-jbottom"> <div class="module9-titlebig"> <h2><a href="https://goodauthority.org/news/what-is-polarization-good-to-know/">Good to Know: What is polarization?</a></h2> </div> <div class="category1-jbottomleft"> <div class="category1-time"><span class='authors-byline'><a href="https://goodauthority.org/people/laura-c-bucci/">Laura C. Bucci</a></span> <span> - </span> October 8, 2024 </div> <div class="module31-content"> <div class="hide-thumb">And how did America get so polarized?</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix post-137111 news type-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-good-to-know tag-israel-hamas news-type-good-to-know ttd_topic-beirut ttd_topic-benjamin-netanyahu ttd_topic-columbia-university-press ttd_topic-egypt ttd_topic-elizabeth-n-saunders ttd_topic-europe ttd_topic-flickr ttd_topic-france ttd_topic-gaza-city ttd_topic-germany ttd_topic-hamas ttd_topic-hezbollah ttd_topic-ibrahim-aqil ttd_topic-iran ttd_topic-iraq ttd_topic-israel ttd_topic-israel-defense-forces ttd_topic-july-crisis ttd_topic-lebanon ttd_topic-michael-w-doyle ttd_topic-middle-east ttd_topic-naim-qassem ttd_topic-operation-opera ttd_topic-princeton-university-press ttd_topic-robert-jervis ttd_topic-saddam-hussein ttd_topic-schlieffen-plan ttd_topic-stacie-e-goddard ttd_topic-strategy ttd_topic-syria ttd_topic-united-states ttd_topic-unmanned-aerial-vehicle ttd_topic-yom-kippur" > <div class="category1-jtop"> <div class="category1-thumbnail"> <div class="sticky-text"> FEATURED </div> </div> <div class="category1-jbottom"> <div class="module9-titlebig"> <h2><a href="https://goodauthority.org/news/good-to-know-preemptive-strikes/">Good to Know: Preemptive strikes</a></h2> </div> <div class="category1-jbottomleft"> <div class="category1-time"><span class='authors-byline'><a href="https://goodauthority.org/people/stacie-goddard/">Stacie Goddard</a></span> <span> - </span> September 25, 2024 </div> <div class="module31-content"> <div class="hide-thumb">Israel has gone on the offensive, targeting Hezbollah.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix post-136156 news type-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-2024election tag-good-to-know news-type-good-to-know ttd_topic-british-journal-of-political-science ttd_topic-cambridge-university-press ttd_topic-christopher-wlezien ttd_topic-democratic-party ttd_topic-donald-trump ttd_topic-electoral-studies ttd_topic-european-political-science-review ttd_topic-european-university-institute ttd_topic-hanspeter-kriesi ttd_topic-international-migration-review ttd_topic-joe-biden ttd_topic-john-m-sides ttd_topic-kamala-harris ttd_topic-pew-research-center ttd_topic-political-studies-review ttd_topic-republican-party ttd_topic-sheri-berman ttd_topic-united-states" > <div class="category1-jtop"> <div class="category1-thumbnail"> <div class="sticky-text"> FEATURED </div> </div> <div class="category1-jbottom"> <div class="module9-titlebig"> <h2><a href="https://goodauthority.org/news/good-to-know-issue-importance-salience-politics-opinion-polls-vote/">Good to Know: Issue importance in politics</a></h2> </div> <div class="category1-jbottomleft"> <div class="category1-time"><span class='authors-byline'><a href="https://goodauthority.org/people/alexander-kustov/">Alexander Kustov</a> and <a href="https://goodauthority.org/people/james-dennison/">James Dennison</a></span> <span> - </span> August 26, 2024 </div> <div class="module31-content"> <div class="hide-thumb">Here's how voters’ priorities matter.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix post-136169 news type-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-good-to-know tag-israel-hamas ttd_topic-antony-blinken ttd_topic-beirut ttd_topic-benjamin-netanyahu ttd_topic-cairo ttd_topic-egypt ttd_topic-fuad-shukr ttd_topic-gaza-city ttd_topic-hamas ttd_topic-hezbollah ttd_topic-iran ttd_topic-ismail-haniyeh ttd_topic-israel ttd_topic-middle-east ttd_topic-qatar ttd_topic-tasnim-news-agency ttd_topic-tehran ttd_topic-united-states ttd_topic-wikimedia-commons" > <div class="category1-jtop"> <div class="category1-thumbnail"> <div class="sticky-text"> FEATURED </div> </div> <div class="category1-jbottom"> <div class="module9-titlebig"> <h2><a href="https://goodauthority.org/news/escalation-in-middle-east-war-tensions-ceasefire-iran-hezbollah-israel-hamas-gaza/">Will new tensions in the Middle East draw the U.S. into a major war?</a></h2> </div> <div class="category1-jbottomleft"> <div class="category1-time"><span class='authors-byline'><a href="https://goodauthority.org/people/stacie-goddard/">Stacie Goddard</a></span> <span> - 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