David Stein

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.

Roosevelt Events

Trump and Musk’s “efficiency” agenda isn’t about fixing the government—it’s about breaking it.

Join us June 24 as experts unpack the harms of austerity politics and chart a path toward a government that serves the people. events.zoom.us/ev/Ar-gjHUXJ7M...

Event flyer for 'Department of Government Efficiency as Austerity's Endgame' webinar on June 24, 2025, featuring speakers from Roosevelt Institute and universities, with an image of the U.S. Capitol and dollar bills in the background.

DOGE promised “efficiency.” It delivered chaos.

📅 Join us on June 24 for a conversation on how DOGE used the austerity politics playbook to undermine democracy and strip down essential public services. events.zoom.us/ev/Ar-gjHUXJ7M...

Jacobin seems to have decided to be the official journal of the anti-tolerance, anti-personal autonomy left. If you are a socialist who thinks that kids these days have it too easy, and that all those druggies should be back in jail, then they're the journal for you. jacobin.com/2025/06/futu...

Summer is here, and nothing says 'beach read' quite like these scorching hot analyses of rent control, eviction processes, and profit-push inflation. 🏖️

From the Vault: LPE & Housing A collection of our favorite posts about the legal underpinnings of today’s housing crisis, and about what might be done to restore a conception of housing as shelter, not commodity.

Today, we reach into the vault and highlight some of our most illuminating posts on the legal underpinnings of the housing crisis.

Featuring Angela Harris, Duncan Kennedy, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, David Stein, Kathryn Sabbeth, Karl Klare, Tara Raghuveer, and more!

Excited to share that my new paper, The Federal Reserve’s Forgotten Credit Mandate, was just published in Harvard Law Review! 🚨It argues that we are misinterpreting the Fed’s statutory mandate. 1/22

Urgent piece by @trevorgriffey.bsky.social on Gavin Newsom’s massive cuts to higher ed, and the refusal of Democratic electeds to resist. utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/04/will...

Why Coretta Scott King Fought for a Job Guarantee - Boston Review She saw economic precarity not just as a side effect of racial subjugation, but central to its functioning.

Happy birthday Coretta Scott King. Study her organizing work on inflation, Black unemployment, and the idea of a peacetime economy—among the many underappreciated aspects of her legacy.
@davidstein.bsky.social @bostonreview.bsky.social

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Liquidity, Volatility and Market Craziness: Paul Krugman Interviews Nathan Tankus Again SubscribeTip! Exactly seven weeks since the first interview Krugman did with me was published, I have another interview to bring readers. It's quite surreal to be something like a regular corresponde...

As some of you have seen, Paul Krugman has interviewed me again for his newsletter. This time about the Trump Tariff Financial Crisis. It is surreal to have done two of these in seven weeks, & it may yet become a regular thing. Thanks again @pkrugman.bsky.social!

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awwwe--TY! <3

Very psyched to read "Containing Keynesianism in an Age of Civil Rights: Jim Crow Monetary Policy and the Struggle for Guaranteed Jobs, 1956-1979" by historian David Stein @davidstein.bsky.social with my seminar this coming week

Our fight, Veena reminds us (citing @davidstein.bsky.social), "is not just for workplace power, but for sustained working-class economic power." <3

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Fund Don't Freeze: National Higher Education Strategy Call. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join higher education workers from around the country on 2/13 at 8 PM Eastern / 7 PM Central / 6 PM Mountain / 5 PM Pacific for a national strategy call on the federal attack on higher education and h...

The only hope for higher ed is the academic labor movement. Join this @higheredlabor.bsky.social call next week to plan our fight us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

On Writing Down Our Dreams During a Living Nightmare When it's time to rebuild from the wreckage of the Trump-Musk rampage, the left may have the opportunity to implement a truly transformative agenda. However, unless we have relatively detailed…

I really loved this Luke Herrine piece. lpeproject.org/blog/on-writ...

The End of Resistance History As the Biden administration is swept into the dustbin, Charlotte Rosen wonders: what was the liberal Hashtag-Resistance "Twitterstorian"? And, as a product of the first Trump term, what did commentato...

New @charlotteerosen.bsky.social banger ‼️🚨‼️ proteanmag.com/2025/01/20/t...

The End of Resistance History As the Biden administration is swept into the dustbin, Charlotte Rosen wonders: what was the liberal Hashtag-Resistance "Twitterstorian"? And, as a product of the first Trump term, what did commentato...

As Biden is swept into the dustbin, Charlotte E. Rosen wonders: what was the Resistance “Twitterstorian”?

Well-paid liberal “attack dogs” of democracy like Heather Cox Richardson proved to be all too willing to turn to Democratic Party apologia—especially on Gaza.

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I keep thinking about @keeanga.bsky.social’s
point to @danieldenvir.bsky.social
that part of Biden’s loss was a recognition of the governance failure of Democratic mayors. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/demo...

Very resonant piece from @awalkerinla.bsky.social on the fires. www.torched.la/zero-percent...

“History is screaming to the present. The AHA has been overwhelmingly silent.”