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Sydney A. Stein Jr. Professor
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Anthony Fowler applies causal inference to elections and political representation.
Biography
Anthony Fowler is the Sydney A. Stein Jr. Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, with a Ph.D. in government from Harvard and an S.B. from MIT. His research applies econometric methods for causal inference to elections and representation, covering unequal turnout, polarization, and the credibility of empirical research.
He directs the Center for Effective Government, co-edits the Quarterly Journal of Political Science, co-authored Thinking Clearly with Data, and hosts Not Another Politics Podcast. Named a top young thinker early in his career, he took the Stein professorship in 2025.
His dissertation showed Australia’s compulsory voting tangibly raised pension spending — evidence elections can misread the public. In this SuperDebate he argues the negative: the United States would not be better governed by insulating more policy decisions from direct electoral control.
Upcoming appearance
SuperDebate. The United States would be better governed if more public policy decisions were insulated from direct electoral control
Garett Jones argues the affirmative; Anthony Fowler argues the negative.
SuperDebate. The United States would be better governed if more public policy decisions were insulated from direct electoral control
Garett Jones argues the affirmative; Anthony Fowler argues the negative.
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