The Business of Politics

Politics = war and war = business therefore politics = business. And what a big business it is.

04
Jul

How Much Does Money Really Matter in Politics?

Everyone says that in an election the candidate who spends the most money will win, but a more thorough examination of elections using regression analysis doesn’t agree. Here’s what rogue economist Steven Levitt, author of Freakanomics has to say about it:

Of all the truisms about politics, one is held to be truer than the rest: money buys