Cover Ups Are Worse Than Vanishing Data: The Facts About the FEC’s Data Downloads

Thomas Ferguson is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and a contributing editor at AlterNet. His books include 'Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems' and 'Right Turn: The Decline of Democrats and the Future of American Politics.' Paul Jorgensen is a fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Jie Chen is university statistician at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.