Dave Rapach

#BlackLivesMatter

Economics/Finance Prof

[Ellora Derenoncourt @EDerenoncourt]

In contrast to the pitch below, this article feels like a step backwards in our understanding of structural racism as economists. 1/7

[Dave Rapach @DaveRapach]

The willingness of universities to cater to billionaires is striking. My school—already rife with inappropriate donor influence—just appointed a billionaire donor’s son to a search committee for the director of a new center. @Econ_Marshall @UnKochCampus

https://t.co/wHPaEK7YED

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

Jeff Bezos is worth $182 billion and the fact that he chooses to do everything within his power to keep the 5,800 predominantly Black workers in Alabama from unionizing for humane working conditions proves that he knows he didn't earn his fortune. He exploited workers for it.

[Tweets of a Native Son @tweets_native]

Rex and Grow Missouri are out.

Sinquefield and Missouri Future are in.

New front. Same agenda.

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

Biden said he won't cancel student debt above $10,000 because he doesn't want to bail out students from elite colleges.

Just 0.3% of student loans are from Ivy League schools. 12% are from all top-tier schools.

Rich people don't go into debt for college.
https://t.co/HXVJ3jK9Sj

[Sunrise Harvard @SunriseHarvard]

This morning, a Harvard professor was quoted in @NYTimes suggesting that the crisis Texas is the "necessary" result of markets working properly.

What it didn't say is that his research is largely funded by fossil fuel and utility interests.

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[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

Make utilities public.

[Virginia AAUP-AFT @VA_AAUP]

Adjunct faculty at VCU--like adjuncts at GMU--earn poverty wages, sometimes as little as $20,000 a year for a 4/4 load, without benefits. We can no longer run public universities by exploiting adjunct labor. Support @VCUadjuncts by signing their petition: https://t.co/EG0D2Lo08v

[Devika Dutt @devikadutt]

I used to think I could never be fooled into joining a cult. Then I became an economist.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

McDonald’s worker in the US: $9/hr

McDonald’s worker in Denmark: $22/hr, 6 weeks of annual vacation, a union, 1 year of paid family leave, life insurance and pension.

America must join the rest of the industrialized world and ensure that our working class can live with dignity.

[Dave Rapach @DaveRapach]

@ProfSecchi @Econ_Marshall People also need to realize that the professor’s tweet isn’t somehow intellectually courageous for ‘telling it like it is’. Instead, she’s giving Koch et al exactly what they paid for. Academic research is less independent than many believe—we have a plethora of academic shills.

[Maybe: Sam Eyler-Driscoll 🥭 @SamInLowerCase]

Nothing personal against JD herself but this case is an extremely clear cut example of the wider phenomenon of Karenness being transformed into an academic career

[Ted Tatos @TedTatos]

"Professor" who thinks students are just labor to be used for her research, not as pupils to be educated. If you were wondering who funds her research and guessed The Koch Foundation, you're right.

[Sérgio Pinto @sergiotpinto]

@davidcrespo @ProfSecchi @sanjuktampaul @Econ_Marshall I guess this just adds to the evidence that @ProfSecchi was right...

https://t.co/GDYuAzPKEa

[river buddy butcher 🤠 @rivbutcher]

Jeff Bezos made $4,475,885 per hour in 2018 and they have us at each other’s throats for $15 an hour

[Virginia AAUP-AFT @VA_AAUP]

I think there are ears burning @GeorgeMasonU

[UnKoch Everything @UnKochCampus]

Charles Koch's new operation @stand_together released a statement about the violence at the U.S. Capitol ... buuuut the Koch PACS fund the insurrectionists 🤔https://t.co/Fek1AEpFnP

[$$ Honest NCTA $$ @Honest_NCTA]

@sandeepvaheesan True story: for 1 of my Econ classes at GMU we HAD 2 buy a book by GMU prof. Peter Boettke. It was $100. At end of semester, bookstore wouldn’t even buy the book back for $1. I emailed Boettke asking if free market supply & demand set the original $100 price. He never replied.