VIEWS OF BUSINESS MATTER MORE THAN WHAT VOTERS WANT

“In a comprehensive 2014 study of two decades of public-opinion data, the political scientists Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page showed that the views of business leaders and the economic élite matter far more to politicians than what ordinary voters want.”

James Surowiecki, “Unlikely Alliances,” in the New Yorker, April 25, 2016, financial page.