Attention Economy


Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Bad Candidates and a Flawed Democracy


In Election’s Final Days, Dark Money and ‘Gray Money’ Fund Hidden Agendas
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/us/politics/dark-money-presidential-campaign.html
Big-money operatives are taking advantage of lax rules at the end of the campaign to hide the true source of their money until after the election is called — or for forever.

 
Has Kamala Harris blown it?
https://www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/2024/10/kamala-harris-moment-of-truth
For Democrats, the summer’s “politics of joy” has turned into an autumn of deepening anxiety.
 

It’s Costly, Long and Exhausting: Welcome to America’s Elections
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/elections-cost-us-highest-spend-b8475961
U.S. elections cost about 40 times more per person than in the U.K. or Germany. It is the wild west of campaign finance. 

Voters Are Deeply Skeptical About the Health of American Democracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/us/politics/american-democracy-poll.html
Nearly half say it does not do a good job representing the people, and three-quarters say it is under threat, according to a Times/Siena poll.

Related:
The Economic Philosophy of Donald Harris
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/the-economic-philosophy-of-donald-harris
The Trump campaign has portrayed the Vice-President’s father as a Marxist. He insists he’s been caricatured.