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Q&A: We All Benefit from Welfare. Most of Us Just Don’t Realize It.

by Kalena Thomhave August 8, 2018July 29, 2025

Americans benefit from government social programs more than ever. They also hate government more than ever.

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Welcome to Suzanne Mettler

by Henry Farrell October 24, 2011

Suzanne Mettler, Cornell political scientist, author of The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy, and creator of the table that launched 1000 blogposts will be guestblogging with us for a while. We are very happy to have her.