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Shelly Lundberg

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Professor of Economics and Demography at University of California Santa Barbara. sjlundberg.weebly.com

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I'm there with you today.

04.03.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!

04.03.2026 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.

27.02.2026 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 16740    πŸ” 7018    πŸ’¬ 540    πŸ“Œ 370
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Can Women Walk Home Safely? 98% of Singaporean women report feeling safe walking alone at night. In South Africa it is just 24%.

www.ggd.world/p/can-women-...

27.02.2026 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Open this photo up and look for the small, white dot just left of centre.

It looks like Venus, shining brightly in the twilight sky.

But it's us.

It's Earth.

From Mars.

24.11.2024 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2294    πŸ” 545    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 49
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App for boycotting US products tops Danish charts after Trump’s Greenland threats NonUSA app β€˜helps you identify and avoid American products in everyday life’

A popular app in Denmark identifies American products so that Danes know not to buy them

www.independent.co.uk/tech/us-boyc...

20.02.2026 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3297    πŸ” 1050    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 133
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Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!

19.02.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7607    πŸ” 1074    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 133
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Hassett on new study from NY Fed showing 90% of tariff burden is being shouldered by US firms & consumers: "The paper is an embarrassment. It's I think the worst paper I've ever seen in the history of the Fed system. The people associated with this paper should presumably be disciplined."

18.02.2026 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2360    πŸ” 697    πŸ’¬ 673    πŸ“Œ 246

In the large: Mortality in France, 1816-2016.

17.02.2026 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 220    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 14

Gee this can’t have anything to do with married women needing passports to vote under the SAVE act could it?

16.02.2026 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Congress should act to categorically exempt statistical agency staff from this schedule.

Statistical agencies by definition do not set policy.

Their only power and purpose is collecting data & publishing credible, informative stats. Without political independence, they can't do this.

09.02.2026 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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A $50,000 Watch and Friendly Notes: One College Leader’s Ties to Epstein

1/Universities need to systematically address the findings in the Epstein files. In my opinion, every university in which current or past faculty, administrators, trustees appear in the files, should establish formal bodies to review and assess.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

08.02.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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"Tell me you know nothing about the Muppets without telling me you know nothing about the Muppets."

07.02.2026 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4787    πŸ” 1063    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 140
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Resistance Infrastructure | No Mercy / No Malice I’ve struggled my whole life to discern the difference between being right vs. effective. Over the past decade, the U.S. has been on a slow burn to fascism. The best description I’ve seen of America’s...

Sharing screenshots of your canceled subscriptions inspires others to Resist and Unsubscribe.

07.02.2026 06:37 β€” πŸ‘ 574    πŸ” 152    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 14

By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet

07.02.2026 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 16296    πŸ” 5985    πŸ’¬ 267    πŸ“Œ 164
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Disturbing chart. More than forty years ago, I completed an undergrad degree in modern history and economics. Still think that combination was the greatest education/preparation to understand (and in my case write about) the world.

05.02.2026 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kevin Warsh Last week, President Trump nominated Kevin Warsh to be the next Fed Chair.

"I have concerns about Kevin Warsh leading the Federal Reserve. Many have roots in his time at the Fed."
stayathomemacro.substack.com/p/kevin-warsh

01.02.2026 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 97515    πŸ” 40907    πŸ’¬ 4303    πŸ“Œ 5368
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πŸ“’now forthcoming in ECMA!

The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia

Class is rarely a focus of research or DEI in elite US occupations.

Evidence suggests it should be: we find a large class gap in at least one occupation - tenure-track academia...🧡

27.01.2026 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 15
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There's a little less than a week until 1 February, when submissions to this year's ESPE conference in Helsinki (11-13 June) are due!

More info here: espe2026.org

Submit papers here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79627...

27.01.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates - NobelPrize.org A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria. A letter of invitation to submit is not required. The names of the nominees and other informati...

Some thoughts:

1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1.

2. History professors are qualified nominators.

3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence.

4. He would be so mad.

22.01.2026 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1851    πŸ” 686    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 84

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call β€œsymbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

26.01.2026 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 20846    πŸ” 8650    πŸ’¬ 268    πŸ“Œ 714

Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.

β€” W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939

25.01.2026 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2324    πŸ” 610    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 18
Visit of the
Prime Minister of Denmark
22nd Jawary 2026
We'll get by with a little help from our friends

Visit of the Prime Minister of Denmark 22nd Jawary 2026 We'll get by with a little help from our friends

Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today

23.01.2026 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 9369    πŸ” 1793    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 99

I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery.

23.01.2026 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2774    πŸ” 894    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 25

Yes, he heard what Trump said.

23.01.2026 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Carney doctrine Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech

This is one of the sharpest analyses of international affairs that I've heard from a Canadian leader - or any national leader - in a long time. And I suspect he wrote the main bits himself. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...

20.01.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 12
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

12.01.2026 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 24037    πŸ” 9203    πŸ’¬ 1150    πŸ“Œ 2893

I do kinda hope there’s a bunch of like university presidents and CEOs and such seeing Powell’s video and having at least a moment of like β€œoh, shit, yeah, I guess”

12.01.2026 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2868    πŸ” 370    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 7
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The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost

New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!

So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧡
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...

28.12.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2186    πŸ” 742    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 90