QuotedQuoteTrump gets to be chairman of the board, cut the ribbons in day-to-day ceremonies, while control of the structure of government is left to them (the broligarchy) in what amounts to a hostile takeover of the federal government.BylineBrooke Harrington, professor of sociology | AttributionThe New York TimesDate2/18/2025
In the NewsIn New Hampshire, Manchester Works to Remake Its Reputation2/17/2025Description Associate Professor of Sociology Emily Walton discusses Manchester’s past as a manufacturing hub and its reputation in more rural parts of New Hampshire.The Boston Globe
In the NewsTest-Optional Admissions Hurt Poor Kids1/29/2025Description A working paper from professors Bruce Sacerdote ’90, Douglas Staiger, and Michele Tine finds that making SATs optional harms high-achieving college applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds.Reason
In the NewsTrump’s ‘Broligarchy’ of Tech Billionaires1/21/2025Description Professor of Sociology Brooke Harrington talks with Jon Stewart about the rise of oligarchs in the United States.The Daily Show
QuotedQuoteIt’s not going to be good for democracy anywhere in the world because they have essentially acquired so much wealth that they’re more powerful than the governments of individual nations.BylineBrooke Harrington, professor of sociology | AttributionAssociated PressDate1/17/2025
In the NewsBest Books of 2024: Economics - Brooke Harrington12/2/2024Description Sociology professor Brooke Harrington’s Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism is highlighted in a roundup of “must read” books related to economics over the past year.Financial Times
QuotedQuoteThe broligarchs of today, the group of billionaires from tech and finance, have an actual political program. They want to remake the world in their image.BylineBrooke Harrington, professor of sociology | AttributionABC AustraliaDate11/22/2024
In the NewsA Researcher Explains Why Polls Failed to Predict a Trump Victory11/11/2024Description Sociology professor Sunmin Kim discusses the reliability of polling leading up to elections. “I think we should take polling with more caution, as scholars have long been advocating,” Kim says.NPR Weekend Edition
ArticlesFive New Postdocs Join Society of FellowsDate10/18/2024Body Their scholarship ranges from the philosophy of math to perceptions of menstruation.ImageThumbnail
QuotedQuoteWhat the offshore system actually sells is not so much tax relief as secrecy and escape from the rule of law.BylineBrooke Harrington, Professor of Sociology | AttributionMarketplaceDate9/24/2024
