Prof Jeffrey Winters @profjeffreywinters.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The WPOST did a major investigative piece on oligarchs. It was excellent. Then the reporter who consulted me on it got laid off. 140
Prof Jeffrey Winters @profjeffreywinters.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Glad you enjoyed the interview. The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies launches today. It deals mainly with the US but many connections are made to other countries. Let me know what you think when you've read it. 100
Prof Jeffrey Winters @profjeffreywinters.bsky.social · 06/07/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/o... Jason Furman has no clue how oligarchy works. The richest win massive tax benefits but somehow they're powerless because Musk didn't get his wishlist. Over $50 trillion transferred upward to richest since 1975 but "oligarchy is the wrong lens." Stuff just happens.nytimes.comOpinion | A Road Map for Undoing the Damage of the Big, Awful Bill 2104
Reposted by Prof Jeffrey WintersWilliam Hurst @wjhurst.bsky.social · 09/06/2025The #UnitedStates and #China are obviously very different. But I have studied #protest and state response in #authoritarian contexts for more than 25 years. Here are some basic thoughts on current events, #repression, bargaining, and state strength 🧵: 1/9 266
Prof Jeffrey Winters @profjeffreywinters.bsky.social · 27/05/2025www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... Great analysis by Evan Osnos on oligarchy in the US.newyorker.comDonald Trump’s Politics of PlunderThe greed of the new Administration has galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents. 164
Prof Jeffrey Winters @profjeffreywinters.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Interviewed today on NPR's All Things Considered about oligarchy in America. www.npr.org/2025/01/22/n...npr.org'Oligarchy' is being used more to describe American society. We ask one professor whyNPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Northwestern University political science professor Jeffrey Winters about what some have called the oligarchy shaping American politics and society. 031
Prof Jeffrey Winters @profjeffreywinters.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Oligarchy - the politics of wealth power and wealth defense - is more apparent now than it has been in over a century. 000
Prof Jeffrey Winters @profjeffreywinters.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Oligarchy in the US is not new. What has changed since 2010 and Citizens United is how dominant it is in American democracy. www.newsweek.com/bernie-sande...newsweek.comBernie Sanders issues "oligarchy" warning about Elon MuskThe Vermont senator criticized the billionaire's influence over Congress as it tries to pass a spending bill and avoid a shutdown. 072
Prof Jeffrey Winters @profjeffreywinters.bsky.social · 10/12/2024We are in an era of in-your-face oligarchy in the US. Upwards of 80% of the US population believes representatives respond to the powerful few, not them. This view spans the political spectrum from Bernie's supporters to Trump's base. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...theatlantic.comEven the Koch Brothers Weren’t This BrazenTech billionaires such as Jeff Bezos and Marc Andreessen aren’t even trying to mask their politics anymore. 051