Rick Perry

• Political Stand-Offs

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  January 23, 2013

  Polarization has become a pervasive and much-noted feature of American politics.

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  Prediction Time

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  July 26, 2012

  Forecasting election outcomes has taken on some of the trappings of a science in recent years.

• Post-Tea Party

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  February 24, 2012

  The Tea Party movement burst onto the political scene three years ago.

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  Private Equity Firms Shovel Millions to Congress: MapLight Analysis

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 16, 2012

  Political Action Committees (and individuals connected to private equity and investment firms have given more than $17 million to lawmakers that have been serving since the 109th Congress, a new report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan political research firm MapLight shows.

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  Target: Wall Street

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  December 26, 2011

  The question is not whether the financial industry will encounter a volatile and difficult political climate this election year. The question is just how tough that climate will be.

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  Roubini: Karl Marx Got Capitalism's Death Wish Partly Right

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  August 16, 2011

  Nouriel Roubini, the economist known as Dr. Doom, invoked the specter of Karl Marx while taking on presidential candidate Rick Perry over threats by the 'Texan thug' against Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.