Lasswell Symposium Analyzes Political Language

Political Language in Economics

Does political ideology influence economic research? We rely upon purely inductive methods in natural language processing and machine learning to examine patterns of implicit political ideology in economic articles. Using observed political behavior of economists and the phrases from their academic articles, we construct a high-dimensional predictor of political ideology by article, economist, ...

Deontology, Political Morality, and the State Symposium: Political Theory and Criminal Punishment

Sometimes the government makes a policy choice, and, as a result, innocent persons die. How should we morally assess such deaths? For instance, is the government's choice of the reasonable doubt standard or its decision to restrict the death penalty to certain narrow categories responsible for deaths of innocents? If so, does the deontological norm against harming people dictate that the govern...

Disorders of Language. Ciba Foundation Symposium

sents a review, as is true for the other sections, it is well presented. The authors of the eight papers on this topic are among the leaders in the field, and the studies complement one another nicely. The general quality of all the papers is high, and they are well written. Throughout the book, the discussions at the end of the papers are extremely good. They are spirited and point out areas o...

The Confusion of Language in Political Thought

Understanding Clinton's health plan: beyond political language.

n announcing his health reform plan on September 22, 1993, President Bill Clinton spoke of six overarching principles: securi ty , savings, qual i ty , implicity, choice, and responsibility. You can be sure that all these key words have tested well in polling and focus groups. Throughout the coming months, political language will be critical in shaping the debate. Since healthcare reform is suc...