David Stein

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Read "Toward an Intersectional Analysis of Money: Racial Capitalism, Stagflation, and Unemployment as Economic Policy" from the Dec 2024 issue of American Quarterly on @projectmuse.bsky.social

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Portrait of a Campus in Crisis UCLA capitulated to its own hardline pro-Israel activists long before President Trump came calling. As a result, its students have repeatedly become…

Comprehensive deep dive into how Zionist reactionaries attacked the University of California. UC failed to anticipate an organized political attack and gave into pressure by violating the rights of all UC students, faculty, staff.

Required reading for UC workers!

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The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...

Excited to share that this article received honorable mention for the Constance M. Rourke prize for best article in American Quarterly. Congrats to Sam Ikehara and all the other winners! www.theasa.net/about/news-e...

🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]

BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!

We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org

Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics [Conway, Flo, Siegelman, Jim] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics

More of an individual story, but the Norbert Wiener biography is great on this. a.co/d/5a5fN8u

The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.

UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.

This article presents the end of the PPFP as a done deal, but it’s not—until the chancellors’ meeting this afternoon.

I am very concerned about anticipatory compliance at UC. Provost Katherine Newman has opted to defund a critical program called the UC Presidents Postdoctoral Fellowship (PPFP). This incredibly selective postdoc has provided a route to UC faculty for many of my most valued colleagues. +

UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.

The UC President axed a signature part of our Presidents Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP). UCOP cites the budget, but PPFP is a key program the Trump admin is threatening us over.

UCOP is capitulating to Trump's threats, piecemeal. Ominous, worrying.

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"[William McChesney Martin's] segregationist commitments thus define what the ideology of Federal Reserve independence has meant in practice." - @nathantankus.bsky.social

Periodic reminder that nobody is doing it like Nathan.

Tremendous historical work from Nathan here. You should subscribe to Notes on the Crises.

BOMBSHELL: 1951-1970 Federal Reserve Chair Bill Martin Was a Committed Segregationist This is a Premium piece of Notes on the Crises. Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook was born and raised in Milledgeville Georgia, about a 100 miles away from Atlanta. She also shares a birth year with...

NEW PIECE: I finally unveil the deep segregationist Georgia relationships of Fed Chair Bill Martin I dug up over the course of researching my (now set aside) book on the Federal Reserve: Picking Losers. Its a labyrinthine story so grab a coffee & Subscribe

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Worth noting that history PhD slots have at Harvard have already basically been cut in half over the last decade

Quite an honor to be on the podcast / show that I’ve listened to for more than 15 years. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...

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Sharing my new article — "Gotta Study War Work More."

'How can we interpret the relationship between warfare and workers?'

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MLK followed the lead of NWRO.

Influenced by NWRO, MLK’s guaranteed income proposals were generally linked with his job guarantee proposals

Weeks earlier, when I’d messaged Alex, he had said that everyone he knew used ChatGPT in some fashion, but that he used it only for organizing his notes. In person, he admitted that this wasn’t remotely accurate. “Any type of writing in life, I use A.I.,” he said. He relied on Claude for research, DeepSeek for reasoning and explanation, and Gemini for image generation. ChatGPT served more general needs. “I need A.I. to text girls,” he joked, imagining an A.I.-enhanced version of Hinge. I asked if he had used A.I. when setting up our meeting. He laughed, and then replied, “Honestly, yeah. I’m not tryin’ to type all that. Could you tell?”

AI is deskilling our young people to the extent that they no longer have the ability, or at least resolve, to craft their own *texts.*

The widespread adoption of these technologies is actually a form of child abuse. We are systematically destroying human potential

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I miss @adybarkan.bsky.social every day. This last week especially, his call on all of us to do what we each can to @beaheroaction.bsky.social has been ringing louder than ever in my ears.

Grateful to spend a bit of e-day with @rscar.bsky.social & @ Sarah Johnson.

Ady would have LOVED it.

Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander with their arms around each other during Zohran’s victory speech.

Last NYC mayoral post (pretending I still live in NYC is my favorite hobby). Zohran’s win is huge but part of the reason it feels so transformative is this partnership. The love for Brad at Zohran’s party last night was palpable. Can’t wait to see them building a better New York together.

Anti-Domination and the Future of Progressive Administration The Trump administration is simultaneously dismantling, weaponizing, and centralizing state capacities in order to enact a reactionary vision of administration — one which seeks to roll back efforts…

Today, @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social examines the reactionary vision of governance emerging under the Trump administration—and offers a progressive alternative focused on dismantling systems of domination.

🚨TOMORROW: You still have time to join @davidstein.bsky.social,‬ @iraregmi.bsky.social‬, @bilalb.bsky.social‬ and Clara Mattei for this important conversation.

Clara Mattei and @davidstein.bsky.social are precisely the people we need to hear from in this moment. Join us tomorrow so that we can make some sense of what history tells us about austerity and how we understand the current moment!

Department of Government Efficiency as Austerity’s Endgame - Roosevelt Institute Join the Roosevelt Institute on June 24 for a critical conversation on the roots and repercussions of this moment.

Decades of austerity have gutted public programs. We need bold alternatives for a government that truly uses all its resources to serve the people.

On June 24 we're unpacking the chaos unleashed by Musk & Trump’s "Dept of Government Efficiency" 👇​​ rooseveltinstitute.org/event/...

I’ll be speaking at this exciting @rooseveltinstitute.org
event on Tuesday with Clara Mattei, @bilalb.bsky.social, and Ira Regmi. And I’ll be bringing one of the best charts of New Deal economic analysis you’ll ever see.