Emily Skarbek

Political economist working on civil society, governance, and history of economic thought.

[Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin]

**NEW WORKING PAPER**

Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis

w/ Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun & Austin Kennedy

Available at: https://t.co/NzFHBHkOBb

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[Felipe Valencia C. @felipev84]

WE ARE HIRING!! Up to three post docs @PPE_Center @BrownUniversity for up to two years, able to sponsor J-1 visa, if necessary. Please circulate widely, happy to answer questions about it.
https://t.co/2ovStZvcry

[Alex Tabarrok @ATabarrok]

Must read of the day:

The US committed $140 billion to post-Katrina recovery--more than Marshall plan--Today, New Orleans is smaller, poorer and more unequal than before...It hasn’t rebuilt the middle class & lacks basic services outside of tourism.

https://t.co/J05W5LK6jw

[sara lowes @sararlowes]

RA position for research on culture and development. Please consider applying @econ_ra https://t.co/xjSSiFbyPD

[Mike Bird @Birdyword]

BIG NEWS: My book, The Land Trap, is coming out on Nov 4! I've been fascinated by this topic for years. The book tells the story of why land still occupies such a huge role in finance, economics and politics globally, and why that's a source of huge risk. You can preorder NOW!

[sara lowes @sararlowes]

Hiring a pre-doc for work in dev, pe, and econ history. Please apply :) https://t.co/trbnpIG4yd @econ_ra

[Jan Vogler @Jan_Vogler]

🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy (HPE)? 🚨

At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE) we discuss state-of-the-art research in the field on a regular basis.

‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️

Please see the link in tweet #2 if you’d like to join.

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

This bill is more budget busting than big and beautiful. We helped balance the budget but Trump’s plan unbalances our finances and our country.

Read my @nytopinion piece with Bob Rubin.

We were members of Bill Clinton’s economic team when the federal budget was balanced, the only time that has happened in more than half a century. In nearly every respect, the Trump administration’s approach is the opposite of what worked in the 1990s — and it poses huge risks to our economy.

There are important parallels between the two moments. Mr. Clinton then and Mr. Trump now face serious fiscal problems and an economy that is being rapidly changed by new technology; then it was the internet, now it’s artificial intelligence.

In that earlier era, we followed a strategy of hoping for the best, while planning conservatively. We paired policies that reduced the deficit with others that stimulated investment. That set off a virtuous economic cycle of growth, deficit reduction, lower interest rates and thus more investment and growth. Fiscal responsibility helped contain inflation because it was accompanied by respect for the independence of the Federal Reserve and recognition of the importance of a strong dollar.

This current administration risks putting this cycle in reverse by undermining the Federal Reserve, imposing tariffs and passing a tax and policy bill that is more budget busting than big and beautiful.
https://t.co/oAqO6OB4Ut

[Emily Skarbek @EmilySkarbek]

The Big Beautiful Bill Is Fiscal Child Abuse by @Kotlikoff https://t.co/TnqKkkdZ1z

[Emily Skarbek @EmilySkarbek]

PPE Graduate Students - Now accepting submissions for the 5th Annual Gerald Gaus Essay Prize. Deadline May 15th! https://t.co/iWWWI2geb2

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Apparently it is once again time to bring back the lesson on tariffs from Ferris Bueller

[Alex Tabarrok @ATabarrok]

Economic policy uncertainty now at 40 year high.

An unnecessary Trump own-goal.

https://t.co/oGaCnSj4KW

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

State-level tariff hit, via @DanAnthonyDC https://t.co/T59T3sTWsq

[Alex Tabarrok @ATabarrok]

Bonkers op-ed by Lina Khan in NYTimes. She argues that we must break up US firms like Google, Apple, and Meta to compete with China’s more open and more competitive system. Unreal.

[Alex Tabarrok @ATabarrok]

The U.S. is by far the wealthiest major country—wealthier than Canada, far wealthier than Mexico or China.

Yet Trump claims we are the ones who have been cheated by the global order???

Bonkers. Loser thinking that will make losers of us all.

[Asterisk @asteriskmgzn]

Why do prison gangs exist? In our latest interview, @DavidSkarbek explains how they emerged as a solution to the problem of prison organization as California's incarcerated population exposed in the 50s and 60s

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

Historic. Parking. Lot.

[Emily Skarbek @EmilySkarbek]

Congratulations Lowry! Everyone @PPE_Center is thrilled to see your book being so well received!
It's a stocking stuffer: https://t.co/jBmhq4UVdG

[lowry @LowryPressly]

The New Yorker named The Right to Oblivion one of the best books of 2024!

[Emily Skarbek @EmilySkarbek]

@Claudia_Sahm You got this! Stay strong

[Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin]

**POST-DOC OPPORTUNITY**

We are hiring a 2-year post-doc at Chapman in the economics of religion. Recent PhDs studying religion from any social science discipline should apply!

Application deadline: 24 Jan 2025

For more: https://t.co/Y7vLZJcriF