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Thomas Ferguson

Thomas Ferguson (born 1949) is an American political scientist and author who studies and writes on politics and economics, often within a historical perspective. He is a political science professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston and a member of the advisory board for George Soros' Institute for New Economic Thinking. He obtained his Ph.D. from Princeton University. A contributing editor for The Nation and a contributing writer to The Huffington Post, he is a frequent guest and economic commentator on numerous radio and television programs. He is known for his investment theory of party competition.**

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Book Title Publisher Total References
Right Turn: The Decline of the Democrats and the Future of American PoliticsHill & Wang8
Golden Rule: Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-driven Political SystemsUniversity of Chicago Press2
Hidden Elections: 1980 Presidential ElectionsAlfred A. Knopf2

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