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Daniel Kuehn
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Research on apprenticeship, workforce development, and history of economics

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 21d
New paper on W.H. Hutt's analysis of Nazi economic policy in two unpublished lectures. Hutt provides a nice case study for thinking about the diversity of neoliberal thinking on "liberal dictators." His analysis is idiosyncratic, which I think makes it interesting!

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 1d
Bank accounts, sure, but I never understood the additional hoops on most bills. Like what is the risk here? Someone is going sneak in and pay my mortgage?

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 1d
Unintentionally horrifying thing Evey just said: “I think one reason dogs like humans so much is that they know we have bones inside” 💀👀

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 1d
I’ll take all the prayers I can get :)

Should have said I agree with John on apple that you shouldn’t have to, but on everything else you’ve gotta let it set! That’s what opens up Thursday for everything else!

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 1d
Yep not letting a pie set is a sure fire way to lower the quality of the experience at least somewhat (except Key Lime and other custard type pies which I think of as basically ready once they cool).

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 3d
This book has some real gems. The trouble with well documented lives is that all the usual suspects always get emphasis and reprinting. I was aware of this set of books for a while but hadn’t realized what great stuff it had in it that normally isn’t covered.

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 3d
There’s been plenty of debate over where to draw that line but to act like it’s not there or that it hasn’t been treated as a power to provide public goods of some sort since the founding of the republic just makes you look stupid.

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 3d
I don’t understand why libertarians play dumb about the fact that the very first enumerated power of Congress is to lay and collect taxes to provide for the general welfare.

reason.com/2025/11/21/s...
Some Democrats urge the military to 'refuse illegal orders.' What if the IRS, ATF, and EPA did the same?
Much of what the federal government does on a daily basis already flouts constitutional protections and offends human decency.
reason.com

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 4d
Blaming capitalism is missing the point but they’re not imagining that dimension of it, here and abroad.

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 4d
Yes and no. I’m pro-market and the broad brush is neither accurate or helpful and certainly not anything as specific as “capital’s response to climate change” but we do need to be able to talk about the role of obscene wealth in this round of authoritarianism because that’s real.
surcomplicated.bsky.social Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 5d
Anti-capitalism / anti-market conspiracy theories are an underrated cause of both MAGA & the extremely disorganized left-of-center response to it.

This shit hasn't bought the public into socialism but it has convinced the public to view economic policy w/ maximal cynicism and narrow self-interest.
sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 5d
you ever just sit down and cut loose an absolutely enormous fart

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 4d
True as a general criticism.

Some situations though…

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 4d
Let’s say you’ve got a meeting on Monday with an executive editor at a trade publisher that does serious nonfiction because they approached you about doing a book. I’m basically trying to be ready to provide a verbal book proposal and just be ready to listen. Any other advice? This is new to me.

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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 5d
Anti-capitalism / anti-market conspiracy theories are an underrated cause of both MAGA & the extremely disorganized left-of-center response to it.

This shit hasn't bought the public into socialism but it has convinced the public to view economic policy w/ maximal cynicism and narrow self-interest.
sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 5d
you ever just sit down and cut loose an absolutely enormous fart

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 5d
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
W. E. B. Du Bois and European fascism between the wars - Kian Aspinall, 2025
This article examines W. E. B. Du Bois’s writings on European inter-war fascism. He left a wealth of commentary on Italian fascism and German Nazism which has y...
journals.sagepub.com

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 5d
See kids. See how Loper Bright has made Congress functional again. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The House is scrambling to avoid a censure death spiral
In their first full week back after the shutdown, lawmakers voted five times on measures to rebuke colleagues, eating up hours of floor time.
www.politico.com

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 7d
I might have to present Douche Canoe Standard alongside Pareto and Kaldor-Hicks as possible decision rules when I teach this spring. It’s certainly relevant.

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 7d
Decision rule is literally “is it the most douche canoe thing we can do in this particular policy context?”
altnps.bsky.social Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 7d
The Trump administration announced new efforts today to roll back key parts of the Endangered Species Act, aiming to reinstate changes from his first term that were previously halted by a federal court.

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 7d
No, no, no be nice. We create new knowledge how cool is that? Make it a great experience for everyone.

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 7d
Amidst all of this insanity I got potentially very exciting news yesterday, will find out more Monday. 😬

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 7d
The Trump administration announced new efforts today to roll back key parts of the Endangered Species Act, aiming to reinstate changes from his first term that were previously halted by a federal court.

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 7d
Thank God. It was totally backwards to quit everything BUT teaching.

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 7d
Nice to see Harvard stepping up a little. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Lawrence Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties
www.nytimes.com

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CSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · 7d
CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Aaron Sojourner, Michael Zimmer , and 4 more

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 7d
I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession

And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?

Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 8d
Even just basic values and coalition politics. Moderation is one strategy and set of values that works in some contexts given certain priorities but on its own it doesn’t guarantee much.

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 8d
This is a great way of putting it. I often find myself firmly the moderate Dem. Most recently, policy and experience wise Mamdani was not my ideal candidate. And lots of people are about where I am. But Mamdani was the obvious choice because of the power dynamics, how opinions are trending, etc…
sharonk.bsky.social Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 8d
it's not even that I think moderation is ineffective! it's that bazelon doesn't actually have a theory of power or a non-static theory of opinions!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d
this really strikes me as a case of “what no materialism does to a mf’er.” because the actual theory of change here is that our polarized electoral outcomes are purely the product of discourse and minor messaging tweaks.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 8d
it's not even that I think moderation is ineffective! it's that bazelon doesn't actually have a theory of power or a non-static theory of opinions!

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 9d
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.

Got it.
rimaanabtawi.bsky.social Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 9d
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”

He will continue teaching.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 10d
I think this is the point Tom and others miss. He seems to be arguing “the state is not a fully fascist state at this point so it’s not fascism” and it’s true that the state hasn’t been entirely captured but that doesn’t mean we’re not grappling with fascism.

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 10d
Potomac River, Coan River, and Glebe Creek shots