Quick reminder - I hear the editors for this series are pretty great ;). Also, first book in the series came out last fall, an "elegantly written," "deeply researched," "important" work by Wenkai He. We have great things in the pipeline - stay tuned! https://t.co/NwRsl9ySZU
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Claudia Goldin “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes.”
#NobelPrize
@snilttroll It’s not in print, but I like it, so maybe it should be! (note: the prism is a metaphor, I don’t actually think you can calculate an angle of deviation in party networks and then predict what they’ll do next…)
I decided to give more to @thedigradio both because I love the show and because I really wanted a Dig mug. So I was over the moon recently when I received both a mug and the book behind one of my favorite interviews (of @stephaniemudge). Are those @DanielDenvir's margin notes?!
David Pedulla and I are hiring a pre-doctoral fellow (= full time paid RA) to work with us
@HarvardSoc on precarious work, discrimination, + worker wellbeing. Interested + looking for research experience b/f applying to PhD programs? Please apply! https://t.co/b91cYJiIpR
We are extremely thrilled to announce a collaboration with @UChicagoPress: a new book series on political economy and the critical social sciences.
Edited by @MehrsaBaradaran, @danielagabor, @DestinKJenkins, @nssylla, @adam_tooze, and Melinda Cooper.
https://t.co/2I6DxvS0RI
We are currently advertising two postdoctoral fellowships. Low teaching load, freedom to pursue your own research interests. Deadline 15 February https://t.co/uOJ02UiWW2
A 🧵 on the history of @rethinkecon
11 years ago today, econ students at Harvard University walked out of their class with Mankiw in protest of how biased and manipulative it was.
It was major, because Mankiw wrote the most used textbook in econ degrees around the world.
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Professional news: @BJMbraun and I have received a three year grant to do research on central banks and the different publics they engage with. We will soon be announcing two 3 year Postdocs on these topics. Pls IM us if you are interested and keep an eye out for the announcement
📣In a forth. paper @SocTheory, @matthikaru and I wade into the “class reductionism” debate within Marxism. We argue that the real problem is what we call “class abstractionism” and propose an alternative theory of the primacy of class (“class dynamism”). Preprint link and a🧵1/
How did the ECB negotiate its new place in the European political economy? by reinterpreting and shaping a particular understanding of independence, as Mudge and Vauchez show us in this really beautiful piece. Thank you very much, @stephaniemudge and @antoinevauchez for a great p
Hearing @lizzo play some of the Library's priceless antique instruments on Monday was such a gift, and we were honored and happy to help her share that gift with her concert audience Tuesday night. Here is some more behind-the-scenes footage of her Library tour. #LizzoAtLOC