Prof Dynarski
@dynarski.bsky.social
Economist & Prof at Harvard | 1st-gen college grad | Education, inequality | Shitposts are in a Boston accent | Former union organizer | Native Somervillen
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Prof Dynarski
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· Nov 25
Everything I do as a researcher is driven by this picture. I was in the 5% of low-inc kids born in 60s who got a BA.
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Added quite a few of these to my To Read list
Unusual number of vampire books for the vaunted NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
Added quite a few of these to my To Read list
Unusual number of vampire books for the vaunted NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
100 Notable Books of 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Added quite a few of these to my To Read list
Unusual number of vampire books for the vaunted NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
Added quite a few of these to my To Read list
Unusual number of vampire books for the vaunted NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
A balmy 60 degrees here in Boston
This is sabotaging my plan to use the porch as an auxiliary fridge for the holiday pr4ep
This is sabotaging my plan to use the porch as an auxiliary fridge for the holiday pr4ep
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A balmy 60 degrees here in Boston
This is sabotaging my plan to use the porch as an auxiliary fridge for the holiday pr4ep
This is sabotaging my plan to use the porch as an auxiliary fridge for the holiday pr4ep
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
The late great Rock-and-Roll Sharptooth was my steadfast baker’s aide
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The late great Rock-and-Roll Sharptooth was my steadfast baker’s aide
“‘He’s an extremely powerful man w/an enormous network of people who have learned from him, been mentored by him. He’s powerful in DC, powerful at Harvard. That counts for a lot, & that explains a lot,’ said Susan Dynarski, a well-known Harvard economist affiliated w/its Grad School of Education.“
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“‘He’s an extremely powerful man w/an enormous network of people who have learned from him, been mentored by him. He’s powerful in DC, powerful at Harvard. That counts for a lot, & that explains a lot,’ said Susan Dynarski, a well-known Harvard economist affiliated w/its Grad School of Education.“
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How Larry Summers’s Power Delayed the Reckoning Over His Epstein Ties
The former Treasury Secretary and Harvard president’s enormous network and clout kept him immune from past Jeffrey Epstein revelations. But this time was just too much.
www.wsj.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Never know when a team of insurgents might be hiding behind a Takis end cap.
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Never know when a team of insurgents might be hiding behind a Takis end cap.
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🚨Attention! AshEcon call for papers! 🚨
www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
Due date for abstracts: December 10, 2025
I'm the Program Chair for Health and Development, so would like to encourage global health scholars in particular
Some tips for prospective authors in thread below
www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
Due date for abstracts: December 10, 2025
I'm the Program Chair for Health and Development, so would like to encourage global health scholars in particular
Some tips for prospective authors in thread below
2026 Call for Abstracts – ASHEcon
www.ashecon.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🚨Attention! AshEcon call for papers! 🚨
www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
Due date for abstracts: December 10, 2025
I'm the Program Chair for Health and Development, so would like to encourage global health scholars in particular
Some tips for prospective authors in thread below
www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
Due date for abstracts: December 10, 2025
I'm the Program Chair for Health and Development, so would like to encourage global health scholars in particular
Some tips for prospective authors in thread below
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Shaming people for making choices that harm others, when they have been repeatedly informed about these harms, is good, actually
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Shaming people for making choices that harm others, when they have been repeatedly informed about these harms, is good, actually
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Meanwhile: "The UC San Diego report notes that more than a quarter of the students who placed into the elementary- and middle-school-level remedial course last year had earned straight A’s in their high-school math classes. Almost all of them had taken advanced math courses in high school." 🎢 ♾️ 🍎
‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’
What happens when even college students can’t do math anymore?
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Meanwhile: "The UC San Diego report notes that more than a quarter of the students who placed into the elementary- and middle-school-level remedial course last year had earned straight A’s in their high-school math classes. Almost all of them had taken advanced math courses in high school." 🎢 ♾️ 🍎
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“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’"
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’"
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Larry Summers cozied up to the rich and powerful — including a convicted sex offender. He cannot be trusted in positions of influence.
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Larry Summers cozied up to the rich and powerful — including a convicted sex offender. He cannot be trusted in positions of influence.
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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
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Victory lap:
Why We Should Banish Larry Summers From Public Life – Naomi Klein
naomiklein.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Victory lap:
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Women in economics have unfortunately become accustomed to dealing with sexism and harassment in the workplace. This reduces women’s productivity and limits their success and should never be tolerated.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Women in economics have unfortunately become accustomed to dealing with sexism and harassment in the workplace. This reduces women’s productivity and limits their success and should never be tolerated.
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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.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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.
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We call on other institutions in the economics profession to take these revelations seriously, to open an independent investigation into Summers’ conduct, and to reconsider his access to the platforms and networks that he has been afforded for too long.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We call on other institutions in the economics profession to take these revelations seriously, to open an independent investigation into Summers’ conduct, and to reconsider his access to the platforms and networks that he has been afforded for too long.
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It's not even a morality issue---it's an equity issue.
In essence, about half the student body has to manage the prospect that approaching the professor for help, professional advice, guidance, or feedback is going to go sideways.
Women in his classes are not getting the same class.
In essence, about half the student body has to manage the prospect that approaching the professor for help, professional advice, guidance, or feedback is going to go sideways.
Women in his classes are not getting the same class.
I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why Is Larry Summers Still Employed?
The revelations about the economist’s attempts to pressure a women into a “relationship”—with guidance from Jeffrey Epstein—should finally disqualify him from teaching students.
www.thenation.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It's not even a morality issue---it's an equity issue.
In essence, about half the student body has to manage the prospect that approaching the professor for help, professional advice, guidance, or feedback is going to go sideways.
Women in his classes are not getting the same class.
In essence, about half the student body has to manage the prospect that approaching the professor for help, professional advice, guidance, or feedback is going to go sideways.
Women in his classes are not getting the same class.
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
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
November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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
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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Brookings’ Form 990 from 2008 lists Summers as a Trustee “until June 2009”
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Brookings’ Form 990 from 2008 lists Summers as a Trustee “until June 2009”
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I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why Is Larry Summers Still Employed?
The revelations about the economist’s attempts to pressure a women into a “relationship”—with guidance from Jeffrey Epstein—should finally disqualify him from teaching students.
www.thenation.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Boss UM colleague Helen Levy has receipts. 1099s will show where Summers has been a director. Comment from Facebook
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Boss UM colleague Helen Levy has receipts. 1099s will show where Summers has been a director. Comment from Facebook
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
Harvard shuffles to the mic
Lagging behind Peterson Institute, Brookings, Center for American Progress, Center for Global Development…
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Lagging behind Peterson Institute, Brookings, Center for American Progress, Center for Global Development…
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard To Launch New Investigation Into Epstein’s Ties to Summers, Other University Affiliates | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard will open a new probe into former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ connections with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein, after newly released documents revealed the two ...
www.thecrimson.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Harvard shuffles to the mic
Lagging behind Peterson Institute, Brookings, Center for American Progress, Center for Global Development…
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Lagging behind Peterson Institute, Brookings, Center for American Progress, Center for Global Development…
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...