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Hall’s scholarship more crucial now than ever

Libertarians dreamed of the zone as a way to escape the state but it became the favored tool of state capitalism; now the same has happened with crypto.

everything we are seeing now is the consequence of having a political environment in which indifference to the deaths and suffering of other people - even by the state whose supposed responsibility is to safeguard their welfare - is a superpower rather than a political liability

They’re calling it Gaddafimaxxing

The Power Grab: The Authoritarian Coalition’s Strategy of Power Consolidation The authoritarian coaltion is using three interlocking levers of power to consolidate control: political and institutional control, cultural and narrative power, and economic power.

There’s an unprecedented power grab unfolding in the US.

An authoritarian coalition led by Trump & a network of oligarchs.

Far from chaotic, each move is part of a wider strategy.

Here’s how to understand & fight back. 🧵

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I humbly offer my assistance to the EU and the French Republic to address this crisis

It’s Easy to see that Risk Parity only works with The Devil in a Blue Dress.

“Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.” -Bobby Sands
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Is a democratic economy possible? Lessons from history, horizons for the future 6.30pm Mon 30 March | Professor Isabelle Ferreras, Matthew Lawrence, Neil Warner, Dr Robin Archer | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

What should plans for economic democracy look like today? And what is the best way to pursue projects for economic democracy in practice?

Join Dr Robin Archer and @neilwarner.bsky.social on Monday to mark fifty years of the Meidner plan.

New York Times headline reads: "Trump’s Signature to Be Added to U.S. Dollars President Trump is set to be the first sitting president to have his signature appear on America’s currency."

Talked to an HVAC guy who's working two jobs to pay rent. He has no savings and worries about retirement. Tariffs have made it hard for him to import parts. Then this big strong guy who never cries, he said, he said to me, "I just wish Trump's signature was on the dollar." Then he burst out crying.

Only under immense duress from my four year old did I discover that if you just work them in at a bit of an angle and then push way harder than you might think is necessary they will eventually pop in!

This has been a LONG time in works: my paper on how dollar hegemony is a form of international law-making power. It includes a long methodological/theoretical section on why strong versions of the 'law constitutes political economy' aren't convincing papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

A couple weeks ago, I gave a talk at the New School on Arjun Jayadav's and my forthcoming book, Against Money. Here is an edited version of the talk as a long blog post. jwmason.org/slackwire/at...

Ms Rachel’s got better politics - and a better theory of Politics - than most people in American public life and it’s not really close

Post from Andrew A.N. Deloucas @aandeloucas.com: In line with discussion about the job market, the latest majors being closed at Syracuse University: Nine majors "sunsetting": • Classical civilization • Classics (Greek and Latin) • Digital humanities • Fine arts • German • Latino-Latin American studies • Middle Eastern studies • Modern Jewish studies • Russian ALT

The First University in the Nation to Build a Center Dedicated to the Creator Economy Syracuse University is creating something that doesn't exist anywhere else in higher education. The Center for the Creator Economy is the first academic center of its kind on a U.S. college campus. Led jointly by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Martin). Whitman School of Management, the center reinforces Syracuse University's commitment to bold, forward-looking academic leadership. By aligning strengths in entrepreneurship, media, communications, athletics and digital infrastructure, the University is charting how higher education can prepare students for the 21st-century economy.

Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone

What a time to put in our worst 45 mins of the season. Awful error from Kepa for the 1st, far too passive defensively for the 2nd, but City had been well on top after the break and the pressure they put us under paid off.

Very, very disappointing after a fairly solid 1st half. We deserved nothing

Eid Mubarak, New York.

if there's one conclusion that the study of both labor history and imperialism converge on, it is that the richest people in the world are happy to burn money on control, power, impunity. and the "everything is about profit" version of anti-capitalism does not survive serious contact with either

Washington Post headline: "Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war"

Not a single dollar more for this illegal war.

These imbeciles started this ridiculous war for no reason and with no plan. They let the most craven tech/VC assholes lay waste to our institutions for the lols and now they’re gonna try and tell us we have to spend whatever it takes. No war but class war!

Looking for accessible, high-quality, carefully-documented data on wealth #inequalities, levels, composition, and trends? Explore the GC Wealth Project. The extensive data can be visualized and/or downloaded. @stone-lis.bsky.social
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It would be nice if people remembered this piece of wisdom from the greatest economics tweet in history (and the one I am most insanely jealous of not having written, especially because it was a reply to me).

As we hear today about Q4 growth being downgraded & 3.1% core inflation, a reminder about how wildly unserious our National Conversation™️ about Joe Biden’s economy was in 2022-23:

Again.

You have to make sacrifices for the very clear and articulated objectives of our War in Iran that is also not a war that we’ve also already won

Staff Reports Technical working papers

🧵 Jake Goss and I have a new paper where we study how legalized mobile sports betting affects consumer credit and how betting spills across state lines into places where it’s still illegal. newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr1184

And then I, Jake Tapper, will host Republicans after the vote to lie about the war & platform the view that Democrats are voting against the troops. I have no agency of my own. I am but a humble mirror reflecting public opinion & conveying The Questions that Must Be Asked of The Democrats.

Send this fucking psychopath to The Hague