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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 9h

I'm attending a @nycdsa event: Mayoral Election Night Parties - Bushwick @ 9 Bob Note *FEATURING JACOBIN*. RSVP here:

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Mayoral Election Night Parties - Bushwick @ 9 Bob Note *FEATURING JACOBIN*

As voting ends, join DSA to celebrate Zohran Mamdani's incredible mayoral campaign - which inspired tens of thousands of volunteers across New York City. We are pleased to announce this party will be...

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 10h

I’ll be doing an online discussion about my new book today at 630 pm est; join me here!

www.gothamcenter.org/upcoming-eve...

The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865–1981 — The Gotham Center for New York City History

In The Menace of Prosperity , Daniel Wortel-London argues that cities are made and unmade by “fiscal imagination.” Convinced that local government depends on attracting wealthy firms and residents, municipal governments have lavished subsidies on their behalf, from tax-exempt apartments and cor

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 12h

The Democrats have been internally divided in "progressive/conservative" wings since at least the 1920s.

News commentary acts as if this is a new phenomenon. But it isn't.

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John Duda @johnduda.bsky.social · 16h

This Wednesday, I'm excited to join Daniel Wortel-London @redemmas.org to talk about his important book "The Menace of Prosperity"—a sweeping history of NYC's urban political economy, and a powerful case that "we cannot afford to finance progressive policies through taxes on a regressive economy."

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 15h

Come on down to @redemmas.org this Wednesday to join me and John Duda for a talk about my new book "The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development 1865-1981."

Hopefully I won't be too hungover from November 4th ;)
#zohranfornyc

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11/5 - Daniel Wortel-London presents "The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865–1981" in conversation with John Duda by Red Emma's

Get tickets and support Red Emma's by becoming a member

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 17h

Org chat of New York City, early 1920s.

Note how financial and economic policy is insulated from the city electorate.

That wasn't accidental. And things are even worse today.

We need the public involved in public finance.

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Andrew Osborne @andrewosborne.bsky.social · 1d

Land Value Politics, Kim Phillips-Fein interviews
@dlondonwortel.bsky.social —"rather than seeing 'neoliberalism' as a turn towards economic logic, we should see it as a continuation of an older, very narrow fiscal imaginary." www.phenomenalworld.org/interviews/d...

Land Value Politics | Kim Phillips-Fein

An interview with Daniel Wortel-London

www.phenomenalworld.org

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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 2d

Police departments paid out $2.3 billion in settlements in one year.

We're not overspending feeding people. We're overspending beating people.

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 2d

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone wanna meet up at a @nycDSA election watch party next week?

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NYC DSA Calendar of Events

Welcome to the official NYC-DSA calendar! Whether you're new to DSA, a seasoned comrade, or just DSA-curious, this is the best resource to find all the ways to get involved. Unless noted, all events o...

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 2d

More on the book here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The Menace of Prosperity

Upends entrenched thinking about cities, demonstrating how urban economies are defined—or constrained—by the fiscal imagination of policymakers, activists, and residents. Many local policymakers mak...

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 2d

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 2d

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 2d

I’ll be giving my official ONLINE book launch for "The Menace of Prosperity" November 3rd!

I'll be partnering with the @GothamCenter and joining @robertwsnyder to discuss NYC's economic history and its implications.

RSVP today!

www.gothamcenter.org/upcoming-eve...

The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865–1981 — The Gotham Center for New York City History

In The Menace of Prosperity , Daniel Wortel-London argues that cities are made and unmade by “fiscal imagination.” Convinced that local government depends on attracting wealthy firms and resident...

www.gothamcenter.org

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 2d

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 2d

Socialism can help bring abundance, abundance can help bring socialism. This framing sucks.

See this great article by @waleedshahid.bsky.social for a better take.

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Abundance Debate Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It.

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 2d

Different headlines, same meaning?

dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 3d

Respond with a post of yours that you WISH took off, but didn't. Let's amplify each other!

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 4d

Honored to be quoted twice in The Economist today!

www.economist.com/briefing/202...

www.economist.com/united-state...

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 4d

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · 4d

As you educate yourself on #ProjectMarvel, some historical context from @dlondonwortel.bsky.social is instructive.

#satx

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Subsidizing the Wealthy to Secure Well-Being for the Rest is a Strategy that Has Failed for Over 150 Years – Deceleration

Historian Daniel Wortel-London explains why, looking at the case of New York City—with lessons for San Antonio as we consider public funding streams for Project Marvel. Historian Daniel Wortel-London ...

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 4d

Honored to be quoted twice in The Economist today!

www.economist.com/briefing/202...

www.economist.com/united-state...

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 5d

Subsidizing the Wealthy to Secure Well-Being for the Rest is a Strategy that Has Failed for Over 150 Years.

That's the title of my latest article for @deceleration.news, a journal responding to our shared ecological and political crisis.

Check it out here.

deceleration.news/subsidizing-...

Deceleration

Environmental justice news and analysis for San Antonio and the the South Texas bioregion

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 6d

God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open.
- Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Laura Wolf-Powers @wolf-powers.bsky.social · 6d

Love this!

dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 9d

In 1937, Mayor La Guardia’s Committee on City Planning produced a book for children, titled The ABC of City Planning.

And…they had a section on Municipal Markets!

Good inspiration for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

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