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🚨 FANNIE MAE TO COUNT COMPLETED ZETROCARD AS ASSET FOR MORTGAGE

This is obviously true but as a criticism it calls more attention to the unjustness of a system where laws are not binding on certain actors than to the wrong act itself

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil to be RELEASED from ICE detention

If you're looking for experts whose work is grounded in economic reality then this list is a great place to start

when you’re so racist you don’t let your workers have a day off for a holiday recognizing the end of slavery

The Subway Is Not Scary Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.

Fear of the New York City subway is a mark of low moral character.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...

After Getting The Ruling It Wanted, New York Times Publishes 6 Anti-Trans Articles The paper has lost all claim to objectivity on transgender people.

1. After the Skrmetti decision, the New York Times has published 6 articles dancing on the graves of trans youth and spreading disinformation on care.

It was cited 7 times in the ruling.

Read my latest on what will be a black stain on the NYT for a generation.

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Probably the most disqualifying topic opined on in the mayor race is @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's free buses plan. "That will be so expensive" instantly reveals someone as completely clueless about policy and should never be taken seriously. The lost revenue is, MAXIMUM 1% of the FY2024 NYC budget

I would view being a delegate to a convention as a burden and a shame but I guess that's just me

if you're at LSA come out to the LPE happy hour with @lpec.bsky.social tonight at 5:30 at The Northman (233 East Riverwalk) !

CAP RENTS

Coming up this May 17: The second annual John Jay Economics Spring BBQ, with great bands and speakers. It's from 2pm-8pm at The People's Garden in Bushwick. If you're a friend of the department, or would like to become one, stop by!

Of course! It's only online on WestLaw for now but can also email anyone a copy
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53 Sw. L. Rev. 421 if you're into that kind of thing

Hohfeld heads are saying they've never felt more seen

have a new paper out about how the state intervenes to boost asset values by throwing people out of their homes

A reminder: the economics MA program at John Jay college, where I teach, is accepting applicants. We are one of the only MA programs in the country specializing in radical and heterodox economics. If you have any questions about it, feel free to reach out to me.

Admissions to the John Jay economics MA program are now open for fall 2025. johnjayeconomics.org/how-to-apply/

Happy Rent Guidelines Board Opening Day to all who celebrate

BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”

The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.

Free Mahmoud Khalil

Free Mahmoud Khalil

we need a place where we can also be safe from this

It was also used to seize their passports—including US citizens like Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, who fought it for years. I read her pamphlet on the McCarran Act in her archives at Wayne State, here’s a digitized version: digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/ob...

it was only a matter of time

This Thursday! Come out to John Jay and hear @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social talk about his excellent book Blue Collar Empire

surefire signs of a clear anti-oligarchy message

We can live in a democracy or we can live in a society where billionaires exist. We can't have both.

no more limited liability we need ultra enhanced liability--if you hold stock in a company and the CEO does something bad to the public we all get to sue you personally

make the subway baby mayor