Adrian Haws

Each of these ICE/CBP shootings are immediately followed by full-volume slandering of the victim's actions and character, which somehow justifies denying them due process. The same slander and glorification of violence is all over the 19th/20th century newspaper articles on lynchings

Virtual Economic History Workshop – Spring 2026 schedule Organized by Adrian Haws (Cornell University) ————————————— February 5 Jon Denton-Schneider (Clark University) “Crimes Against Nature: The Colonial Roots of Homophobia in Sub-Saharan Africa” March 5 Adrian Haws (Cornell University) “Can Immigrants Transfer their Skills? Evidence from International Census Data” April 2 Anne Schaller (Saint Louis University) “A Fresh Look at the Origins and Impetus for Antitrust” May 7 Harrison Chang (University of Toronto) “Economic Depression and Labor Union Formation: Evidence From the Panic of 1873” ——————————————————— The Virtual Economic History Workshop is a venue for early-career researchers to present their in-progress research in economic history. The workshop focuses on rigorous empirical research that is grounded in historical context and builds on methods for digitizing and linking rich historical data. Anyone interested in attending can join the mailing list.

Fantastic lineup of speakers at the Virtual Economic History Workshop this Spring!

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Dispatch from the occupation What life is like in Minneapolis now

New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
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Turn your anger into action.

Call your rep tonight and leave a voicemail demanding impeachment and removal of Noem and her criminal.boss, Trump.

☎️(202) 224-3121

Then email your rep the same message.

Make them encounter full email and voicemail inboxes tomorrow.

AAUP President Todd Wolfson: ICE Should Suspend All Operation in American Cities The AAUP stands in solidarity with the family of Renee Nicole Good and all communities that have suffered under ICE occupation.

In the light of ICE's unjustifiable murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, AAUP President Todd Wolfson has released a statement urging that ICE should suspend all operation in American cities.

Read full statement at link below 👇 and at the graphic in this thread 🧵

#AbolishICE
#AcademicSky

#FundSocSci #Sociology #PolicySky #PoliSky

Missed Leah Boustan's AEA Distinguished Lecture at the conference? Watch it here: www.aeaweb.org/webcasts/202...

Her new findings on recent immigrant assimilation patterns across Europe show some similarities, but also some critical differences compared to the US.

📢CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Virtual Economic History Workshop for early-career researchers

The workshop turns 3 in January! 🎉🎉🎉

Presenters have come from 15 universities in 3 countries (list below)

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Excited to present at #ASSA2026 tomorrow!

Come to the Marriott a few minutes before the AEA Distinguished Lecture, and I'll explore how imperfect skill transferability (think: taxi-driving doctors) might explain some of the patterns shown by Leah Boustan and her colleagues

I'm also very grateful to the 20 people who have presented, and for all of the attendees who show up, speak up, and invite your colleagues!

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I'm deeply grateful for a handful of people who have made this possible, especially Joe Price, @jacobvanecon.bsky.social, Ali Doxey, Will Cockriel, Helen Burkhardt, Jake Meyer, and @hwilbert.bsky.social

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Economic historians value rigorous empirics grounded in historical context, using unique sources of data.

And economics values economic history; just ask Claudia Goldin and Joel Mokyr!

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Presenters have come from...

Canada: Toronto, UBC

UK: Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews

US: Cornell, Chicago, BYU, George Mason, CU-Boulder, UCSD, Notre Dame, Florida State, Texas A&M, Wisconsin

And attendees from many more places!

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This workshop came out of a conversation with @jacobvanecon.bsky.social where we both wished we had a forum to get feedback on research ideas in economic history.

It started as a small group, but there was a lot of demand!

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📢CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Virtual Economic History Workshop for early-career researchers

The workshop turns 3 in January! 🎉🎉🎉

Presenters have come from 15 universities in 3 countries (list below)

Sign up to present: forms.gle/vt21XRe4KA4J...
Join the mailing list: forms.gle/tVWH2TPYaRuD...

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Haley Wilbert Email: hwilbert@nd.edu

Haley Wilbert @hwilbert.bsky.social is an applied microeconomist with interests in demography, health, history, and labor. Her JMP is "After the Cut: Cesarean Delivery and Subsequent Fertility." She also has a publication in Explorations in Economic History. sites.google.com/view/haleywi...

Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...

One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.

The Friends of BLS are currently seeking organizational and individual support for our FY26 BLS Endorsement Letter and hope you will join us by signing on as an organization or individual. We are asking Congress to provide the Bureau with no less than the amount recommended by the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, $714 million for Fiscal Year 2026. We are accepting sign-ons from organizations and individuals no later than COB Thursday, Novmeber 20. Please select the appropriate link to sign-on below. The full letter is also available at each link.

The Friends of BLS are currently seeking organizational and individual support for our FY26 BLS Endorsement Letter and hope you will join us by signing on as an organization or individual.
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Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…

The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.

Read our full statement here:

There are some other takes shared by @cornellaaup.bsky.social

But fortunately, university administrators are not the only ones with power.

Today is a good day to speak out!

Cornell's agreement weakens the collective ability of ALL American universities to resist undue govt interference in research, teaching, hiring, and admissions.

The agreement was made without discussions with faculty, students, or staff.

Now there's a town hall *after* the deed is done.

AJC, ACE, AAU, Others Unite Against Antisemitism, Caution on Federal Overreach AJC, ACE, AAU, and other partner organizations issued a joint statement today pledging concrete reforms to combat campus antisemitism while warning that recent federal actions threaten academic freedo...

As part of the AAU, Cornell signed a statement in May saying that Trump's attacks "ultimately detract from the necessary fight against antisemitism while threatening the global preeminence of America’s research universities and colleges."

The words don't quite connect with actions here.

Trump, Vance and the attack on American universities The White House’s charge of antisemitism is a cynical tactic to pursue a broader attack on academic freedom

Remember how J.D. Vance said that conservatives should “aggressively attack the universities in this country"?

By capitulating with a financial settlement, Cornell is showing the Trump admin that these attacks work.

An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University

Disappointed in Cornell's announcement today.

Despite finding no violations of the law, Cornell will make a direct $30 million direct payment "as a condition for ending pending claims."

Graph from BallotPedia.org showing the cumulative number of executive orders among the last four U.S. presidents. Donald Trump has issued 432 executive orders during his combined terms. At the same point in their second terms, George W. Bush had issued 194 executive orders and Barack Obama had issued 167.

Bar graph showing the average number of executive orders issued each year by presidential term. During his 8 years in the presidency, George W. Bush issued an average of 36 EOs. Barack Obama issued an average of 35 EOs. Donald Trump issued an average of 55 in his first term. Joe Biden issued an average of 41 EOs. Through November 7 of the first year of his second term, Donald Trump has issued 212 executive orders.

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