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In her book, What is Political Sociology?, Elizabeth Clemens differentiates this subfield from the work of political scientists, who she says focus on “the workings and consequence” of “elements of...

From Occupy Wall Street to the Bernie Sanders movement, there has been rising anger against big banks and Wall Street financiers over economic inequality in America. But is finance really to blame...