2025, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, DOI: 10.1057/s41599-025-05549-6; with Alice Guerra This study examines a relationship that has been implied by years of correlational research: that natives’ support for welfare redistribution declines when benefits are allocated to immigrants rather than natives—a phenomenon known as welfare chauvinism. We conducted two online experiments (N1 =…
2025, PLOS One, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326228; with Herbert Chang Daniel Rockmore. This paper examines variations in how the ultra-rich use the offshore financial system, based on users country of origin. We find that political conditions in elites countries of origin shapes whether they simply diversify their assets across multiple OFCs, or take risky and reckless steps, [ ] The post…
2025, New York Times The radical changes wrought by DOGE to the federal government during Trump s first weeks in office are reminiscent in scope and speed to what Franklin Roosevelt did during his first 100 days in office, but with the opposite effects: instead of building institutions and restoring public trust, Trump s administration is destroying [ ] The post Trump Is Like F.D.R.—Only in…
2024, The Atlantic With the broligarchs billionaire men from the high-tech and finance industries granted sweeping powers over the federal government, what happens now? This article reviews what they ve been up to how their bizarre political agenda stems from comic books sci-fi. Keywords: broligarchs, federal government, Trump, comic books, sci-fi, anti-democratic The post What the Broligarchs…
2024, The Atlantic How a now-obscure financier turned the Bahamas into a tax haven—and created a cornerstone of global plutocracy. Keywords: Bahamas, offshore finance, colonialism, Wallace Groves The post The American Con Man Who Pioneered Offshore Finance appeared first on Brooke Harrington .
2024, The Atlantic The antidemocratic politics of having it all, from the perspective of the ultra-rich seeking to influence the 2024 US Presidential election. Keywords: 2024 election, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, broligarch The post The Broligarchs Are Trying to Have Their Way appeared first on Brooke Harrington .
2023, The Atlantic What do plutocrats and Supreme Court members get from being friends? Keywords: elites, Supreme Court, corruption, mafia The post Mob Justice appeared first on Brooke Harrington .
2023, New York Times How can we make sanctions on Russian oligarchs stick for a change? Sanction their wealth managers, severing the oligarchs’ connection to their offshore fortunes. Keywords: oligarchs, elites, sanctions, wealth managers, Russia, offshore finance The post Break the Chain Between Russian Oligarchs and Managers, and You Break Everything appeared first on Brooke Harrington .
2023, PNAS Nexus, doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad051; with Herbert Chang, Feng Fu Daniel Rockmore. Following the invasion of Ukraine, the US, UK, and EU governments–among others–sanctioned oligarchs close to Putin. This approach has come under scrutiny, as evidence has emerged of the oligarchs’ successful evasion of these punishments. To address this problem, we analyze the role of [ ] The post…
2022, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists This article examines stigmatization of rogue elites as a powerful tool of international sanctions regimes—one often overlooked or minimized by policy-makers, but with a strong track record of effectiveness. Keywords: oligarchs, elites, sanctions, Russia, stigma, Goffman The post Sanctioning Russia’s Oligarchs—with Shame appeared first on Brooke Harrington .