It’s actually older people who have become more cynical about U.S. democracy; Sometimes presidential rhetoric can boost the economy. But Trump won’t find it easy.; Thomas Schelling has died. His ideas shaped the Cold War and the world.; Trump’s Secretary of State pick could give Putin some very unfortunate ideas;     Here’s how Canadian news media created a ‘Trump of the North’ And by extension, how it amplified Donald Trump. By Eric Merkley  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   It’s actually older people who have become more cynical about U.S. democracy Older people are more upset about how U.S. institutions actually work. And they behave like it in the voting booth. By Erik Voeten  •  Read more »   Sometimes presidential rhetoric can boost the economy. But Trump won’t find it easy. Rhetoric alone can’t prevent a recession. By Kara Alaimo  •  Read more »   Thomas Schelling has died. His ideas shaped the Cold War and the world. Nobel Prize-winning economist and social scientist Thomas Schelling was one of the most important thinkers about game theory, an approach to modeling strategic interactions that has remade entire fields of study in the social sciences. By Henry Farrell  •  Read more »   Trump’s Secretary of State pick could give Putin some very unfortunate ideas This is what Rex Tillerson's nomination would mean for Russia, climate change and the Middle East. By Jeff Colgan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   Wonkbook Your daily cheat sheet on economic and domestic policy from Wonkblog. Sign Up »         Share Monkey Cage:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for the Monkey Cage. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071