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David H Feldman

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I write about the economics of higher education and international trade. Love New Mexico & cats. My books: https://academic.oup.com/book/7559 https://academic.oup.com/book/5108 Social media posts are my own views and do not reflect my employer. .. more

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David John Feldman is a British legal academic, author and former judge. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law at the University of Cambridge, and served as an international judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the Dayton Agreement from 2002 to 2010. He is known for having shaped the development of civil liberties and human rights law in the United Kingdom. .. more

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David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thank you to the Peterson Institute for International Economics (@piie.com), and to my coauthor Gary Hufbauer for allowing me my say on the Trump Administration's venal power grab in destroying the world's rules-based trading system.

www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

The world trading system is dying: You should fear its replacement

Too few Americans may understand what Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is talking about when he refers to a “system of global trade.” Too few may grasp what we are losing and what we are likely to ...

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David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 7h

Liberty was a real-estate venture with a university facade. And Duke it's not. 😉

I would welcome a few mega-wealthy people trying to do something positive (according to their lights) in an old-fashioned philanthropic way.

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 9h

A multi-billionaire could certainly try to set up his own "new" university, endowed as richly per student as a Duke or Rice. Might be interesting to see someone try it. I suspect it would fail, and that might be an object lesson.

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David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 9h

And knowing that this is likely what will happen to them, and to ICE's leadership, if the GOP ever loses executive power, how do we suppose the GOP apparatus will behave?

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 9h

No problems, but at some point I would like your .02. I'm pitching the idea to state Dems.

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David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 9h

When you've got the answer before the testing, who needs a stinkin' null hypothesis?

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 9h

Sigh. And sometimes Randy Paul is spot on ...

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David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, Portland ... violent hell hole ... 😅

This administration is full of absolute buffoons puffed up with power.

Guess who might be prosecuted in 2029 ...

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 13h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 11h

This takes a court order? What a sad country we have become.

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 11h

Another North Korean cabinet meeting. All fawn all over the leader.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 13h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 14h

Well, that’s an improvement.

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 16h

Wonder how the Russians would react if Ukraine returned this in kind to Moscow, Smolensk, and other cities closer to Ukraine?

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 16h

We seem to be a short step away from a return to Scopes Trial conflicts over what can be taught.

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 16h

This is why journalists need to be familiar with the subjects they write about.

Here's an old essay I wrote with Doug Webber. Journalists were a primary intended audience. The subject was education, but the point is general. Don't rely on "studies show ..."

www.insidehighered.com/views/2019/0...

Pitfalls to avoid when interpreting research studies on higher ed (opinion)

The quality of much of the research on higher education is questionable, argue David H. Feldman and Douglas A. Webber, who recommend some questions you should ask when interpreting the results.

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David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 16h

Oh, and I meant "can't," not can.

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 16h

Trump (and most Republicans) can't do nuance. Yes, the vaccine-free Amish population has autistic children.

www.statnews.com/2025/10/02/a...

Yes, Amish people do have autism, but we still don’t know how many do

President Trump said there is “virtually no autism” among the Amish. A researcher who studies the health of the Amish says it’s complicated.

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David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 17h

Congrats. Yes, as expected.

I can understand why any department would ask for seven letters.

Did your department also ask some people to write who were not on your list? In our department, we select some people and the candidate selects some people to produce a joint list approved by all.

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David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 18h

Tip O'Neill is rolling over in his grave at what has become of the House of Representatives.

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 18h

Pete Hegseth would like to have a word with them, and with their commander ....

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 19h

I was in the first wave of WaPo rejectionists after Bezos forced paper to make no endorsements in the election. That was when the bulk of its good people still remained. I simply wasn't going to give the organization any money. Now the bulk of the good people are gone. That ship sank a while ago.

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 19h

She is a complete blithering idiot. But that's par for the course in this administration ... and why Trump feels comfortable deferring to her.

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 19h

Been there, seen that! 😅

Don't forget the "holy chile!"

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, we haven't yet gotten to the point where the Emperor finally understands that everyone sees that he is naked. We're still in the middle of the story where people obsequiously praise his elegant attire and flatter him to get what they want.

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 19h

And the GOP killed one of the ACA's three pillars ... the mandate. The mandate was a key in keeping cost down by enlarging the pool of young and healthy people within the program. Graham and his colleagues knew that they were making the ACA more fragile and costly by killing the mandate.

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David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 19h

The GOP's specialty is to say anything in order to appear reasonable for as long as necessary to persuade their base, while actively pursuing policies that directly contradict their soothing language.

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 20h

2/ I truly don't have a clear answer to this. I don't know if anyone else does either, which is why we are increasingly pondering the possibility of civil conflict and the political separation of the nation into bluer and redder units.

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 20h

The more "they" (ICE) behave like black shirts and gestapo, the more "we" say that we're going to prosecute them when "we" are back in control. The more "we" threaten criminal retribution the more "they" need to ensure that free elections never happen again. How do we get out of the vicious circle?

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 1d

don't forget cinnamon and vanilla! 😀

I suspect their extra "costs" will mostly get passed on to consumers. Their margins are way too small to absorb this.

David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 1d

What carrier, and how have they handled it?

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David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 1d

Sneaky reporter, maybe. We need more questions like that to show people just how uneducated Trump is about just about everything but how to grift.

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