#Institutions

Rafael Khachaturian

rafkhach

These protests are organic uprisings against a capitalist state whose representative institutions are increasingly failing to provide it with democratic legitimacy, leaving it to maintain a semblance of order by

Mark Copelovitch

mcopelov

Nothing the Fed does is apolitical. The politics are just different from those in other political institutions.https://twitter.com/zachdcarter/status/1300500020924485632 The creation of the Fed was one of the epic political battles of

Noah Berlatsky

nberlat

I think (?) that pretty much everyone would agree that under certain circumstances you vote for the lesser evil.Biden or literally Hitler? hopefully most people would say, yes, we should

nells.

PBJ_nelly

So I've been working in violence prevention for about 4 years now. I work exclusively in higher education and I've been with two institutions: an HBCU and a PWI.Naturally, the

Qiao Wang

QwQiao

Given recent developments I think the most likely scenario for the next year or so is a healthy and steady #Bitcoin bull market while alts slowly bleed. Reasoning?Bitcoin has

Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega

raulpacheco

Thread on my insistence in discussing uncertainty in health policy decision-making related to COVID-19.When I was doing my PhD, I took a class with Dr. Terre Satterfield: “Science, Technology and

Mollie Copley Eisenberg

mollieeisenberg

This is not a rhetorical question: what kinds of solidarity can be cultivated between private universities and public institutions? Because @CUNY just laid off three thousand members of faculty &

Keshore

Keshore23

Woke up on a Saturday morning with my head filled with football related thoughts. Here's one more - on Arsenal's "hypocrisy" in speaking up about the SARS issue but distancing

Nika Elugardo

NikaElugardo

I’ve been told “you people steal. one of you did it- bring me my paddle” (principal later prosecuted for beating black kids), “get off this street nigger” (random drivers), “don’t

Sulla Felix

SullaFelix8

This is a good article, highlighting the failures of public information promulgated around COVID, though little that folks on here haven't widely discussed. I want to add a point though.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opinion/coronav

Filipe Brito Bastos

F_Brito_Bastos

Rules of procedure - QMV and unanimity - exist for a reason. Can we really imagine a scenario where the frugals, knowing they'd be outvoted anyway, would become more cooperative?

Jack Porter Jr.

JackPorterJr

New public-facing memo from @NatlGovsAssoc - “Reopening Institutions of Higher Education”Lots to unpack here. Thread:https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/State-Higher-Ed-reopening-final.pdf Connecticut was the first to publish

Matthias Goldmann

MattHGoldmann

5 cents on the mounting #pluralism debate. It’s reasonable for #EU institutions to reject the @BVerfG verdict. Deter copy-cats. However, both sides are missing the gist of legal pluralism in

Patrick Deneen

PatrickDeneen

Yesterday’s Senate hearing to investigate Big Tech’s quite evident control of information leading up to the election was revealing in at least one respect: government is relatively powerless against these

Jared Wesley

DrJaredWesley

I'm just a lowly social scientist, so excuse my ignorance. Why are Alberta's post-secondary institutions playing along with this "Fair Deal" game?Here are some questions (a thread)...https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=

Dhara Snowden

DharaSnowden01

Next week I will be starting my new (dream) job @uclpress. I have worked in academic book publishing for 10 years & throughout that time, I have watched the discussion