Marshall Steinbaum
@econmarshall.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah. Senior Fellow in Higher Education Finance, Jain Family Institute. Aging enfant terrible. marshallsteinbaum.org
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Just witnessed something good happen in Utah state politics. Bill that would restrict non-compete agreements just passed out of committee with a 10-3 vote le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/...
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January 30, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Just witnessed something good happen in Utah state politics. Bill that would restrict non-compete agreements just passed out of committee with a 10-3 vote le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/...
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Elena Patel of @brookings.edu Rural counties with closer access to post offices consistently have higher levels of small-business activity, with the strongest relationships concentrated in sectors that account for a large share of rural self-employment. www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
The postal network as economic infrastructure: Evidence from rural small businesses | Brookings
Elena Patel explains research highlighting the importance of the U.S. postal service in small business activity in rural communities.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Elena Patel of @brookings.edu Rural counties with closer access to post offices consistently have higher levels of small-business activity, with the strongest relationships concentrated in sectors that account for a large share of rural self-employment. www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
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I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
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Argula von Grumbach admonishing the professoriate of Ingolstadt for expelling a Lutheran student. (From Lyndal Roper’s Summer of Fire and Blood)
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Argula von Grumbach admonishing the professoriate of Ingolstadt for expelling a Lutheran student. (From Lyndal Roper’s Summer of Fire and Blood)
Argula von Grumbach admonishing the professoriate of Ingolstadt for expelling a Lutheran student. (From Lyndal Roper’s Summer of Fire and Blood)
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Argula von Grumbach admonishing the professoriate of Ingolstadt for expelling a Lutheran student. (From Lyndal Roper’s Summer of Fire and Blood)
One thing that happens to you if you research controversial topics is that referees feel free to completely shirk their duty to read & understand your paper in peer review, instead resorting to groundless insults and rank unprofessionalism. #EconSky
January 25, 2026 at 12:19 AM
One thing that happens to you if you research controversial topics is that referees feel free to completely shirk their duty to read & understand your paper in peer review, instead resorting to groundless insults and rank unprofessionalism. #EconSky
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New article alert 🚨: “An Antitrust Exemption for Collective Bargaining by Independent Contractors,” by Vincent Mancini, @econmarshall.bsky.social, and Robert Stutchbury.
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January 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
New article alert 🚨: “An Antitrust Exemption for Collective Bargaining by Independent Contractors,” by Vincent Mancini, @econmarshall.bsky.social, and Robert Stutchbury.
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"The public wants access to a high-quality, reasonably-priced higher education, and we have to give it to them," says @econmarshall.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2054...
January 21, 2026 at 9:25 PM
"The public wants access to a high-quality, reasonably-priced higher education, and we have to give it to them," says @econmarshall.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2054...
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"The elite critique of higher education is you have a bunch of overpaid, over-confident professors who aren't doing anything that's really worthwhile for the public. What I think is wrong with the higher education system is plutocracy," says @econmarshall.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2054...
January 21, 2026 at 9:02 PM
"The elite critique of higher education is you have a bunch of overpaid, over-confident professors who aren't doing anything that's really worthwhile for the public. What I think is wrong with the higher education system is plutocracy," says @econmarshall.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2054...
Last week I discussed my paper "Rebuilding American Higher Education: from an Engine of Inequality to a Pillar of the Public Interest" (coauthored @andrewelrod.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social) w/@perrybaconjr.bsky.social at @newrepublic.com
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Trump Is Destroying Higher Ed. Here’s How Democrats Can Rebuild It
University of Utah professor Marshall Steinbaum says American higher education should be reformed so we don’t have well-funded colleges for rich students and underfunded ones that lower-income people ...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Last week I discussed my paper "Rebuilding American Higher Education: from an Engine of Inequality to a Pillar of the Public Interest" (coauthored @andrewelrod.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social) w/@perrybaconjr.bsky.social at @newrepublic.com
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Interesting. I’m always skeptical of new antitrust exemptions and have frequently suggested getting rid of many of them (especially ones related to insurance). That said, this proposal and the one related to musicians vs. streaming services solve real problems.
I am pleased to present a NEW PAPER we’ve been working on for awhile:
“An Antitrust Exemption for Collective Bargaining by Independent Contractors”
coauthored w/Vince Mancini & Bob Stutchbury. Forthcoming from Antitrust Law Journal.
Link to the paper: marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/u...
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“An Antitrust Exemption for Collective Bargaining by Independent Contractors”
coauthored w/Vince Mancini & Bob Stutchbury. Forthcoming from Antitrust Law Journal.
Link to the paper: marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/u...
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January 19, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Interesting. I’m always skeptical of new antitrust exemptions and have frequently suggested getting rid of many of them (especially ones related to insurance). That said, this proposal and the one related to musicians vs. streaming services solve real problems.
I am pleased to present a NEW PAPER we’ve been working on for awhile:
“An Antitrust Exemption for Collective Bargaining by Independent Contractors”
coauthored w/Vince Mancini & Bob Stutchbury. Forthcoming from Antitrust Law Journal.
Link to the paper: marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/u...
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“An Antitrust Exemption for Collective Bargaining by Independent Contractors”
coauthored w/Vince Mancini & Bob Stutchbury. Forthcoming from Antitrust Law Journal.
Link to the paper: marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/u...
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January 19, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I am pleased to present a NEW PAPER we’ve been working on for awhile:
“An Antitrust Exemption for Collective Bargaining by Independent Contractors”
coauthored w/Vince Mancini & Bob Stutchbury. Forthcoming from Antitrust Law Journal.
Link to the paper: marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/u...
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“An Antitrust Exemption for Collective Bargaining by Independent Contractors”
coauthored w/Vince Mancini & Bob Stutchbury. Forthcoming from Antitrust Law Journal.
Link to the paper: marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/u...
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@econmarshall.bsky.social this is very good!!!
thx for writing it
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thx for writing it
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January 17, 2026 at 10:47 PM
@econmarshall.bsky.social this is very good!!!
thx for writing it
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thx for writing it
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Tooze isn’t perfect but he is still one of the best academics we have today www.theguardian.com/business/202...
January 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Tooze isn’t perfect but he is still one of the best academics we have today www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The CDC is still paying reparations for Tuskegee while doing it again.
RFK Jr is doing a modern-day Tuskegee study, where by he uses taxpayer money to intentionality infect African children with Hepatitis B and deny them treatment. You know, just to see what happens
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“Another Tuskegee”: Leaked Docs Reveal CDC Is Funding Deadly Study
The CDC is funding a horrific hepatitis experiment on babies.
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January 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The CDC is still paying reparations for Tuskegee while doing it again.
This is indeed the basis of popular revolution: elite institutions with a lot to lose comply, but those with less are willing to put up a fight, which means when the regime loses credibility they’re the ones with any popular legitimacy.
Also, when you defy Trump, you’re kind of implicitly making fools of the elite law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress, which is fun.
January 17, 2026 at 2:48 PM
This is indeed the basis of popular revolution: elite institutions with a lot to lose comply, but those with less are willing to put up a fight, which means when the regime loses credibility they’re the ones with any popular legitimacy.
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They expect - they NEED - the people they threaten to fall in line, like the law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress did. If you say “No, make me,” they simply do not have a Plan B. TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO MAKE YOU.
January 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
They expect - they NEED - the people they threaten to fall in line, like the law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress did. If you say “No, make me,” they simply do not have a Plan B. TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO MAKE YOU.
I lost my job at a progressive think tank partly over this, because it was seen as destructive to a big tent anti-trump coalition. The problem is, any coalition with libertarians is going to be incapable of defeating trump, as we’ve since learned.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I lost my job at a progressive think tank partly over this, because it was seen as destructive to a big tent anti-trump coalition. The problem is, any coalition with libertarians is going to be incapable of defeating trump, as we’ve since learned.
www.rawstory.com/amp/libertar...
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Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.
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While procuring big raises for themselves, these presidents were dismantling entire departments, firing faculty en masse, and signing expensive contracts with the epistemicide company in defiance of shared governance. Abject betrayal of the university mission.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
While procuring big raises for themselves, these presidents were dismantling entire departments, firing faculty en masse, and signing expensive contracts with the epistemicide company in defiance of shared governance. Abject betrayal of the university mission.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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Perry Bacon is one of ~15 influential commentators I follow because I consistently find his perspective oriented toward organizing.
Just finished this @higheredlabor.bsky.social report and agree: this report puts forth an assessment and vision for higher ed around which to construct a new majority.
Just finished this @higheredlabor.bsky.social report and agree: this report puts forth an assessment and vision for higher ed around which to construct a new majority.
December 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Perry Bacon is one of ~15 influential commentators I follow because I consistently find his perspective oriented toward organizing.
Just finished this @higheredlabor.bsky.social report and agree: this report puts forth an assessment and vision for higher ed around which to construct a new majority.
Just finished this @higheredlabor.bsky.social report and agree: this report puts forth an assessment and vision for higher ed around which to construct a new majority.
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This proposal from @econmarshall.bsky.social, @higheredlabor.bsky.social and others to overhaul higher education is really compelling. Worth reading in full. marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/u...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This proposal from @econmarshall.bsky.social, @higheredlabor.bsky.social and others to overhaul higher education is really compelling. Worth reading in full. marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/u...
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In a new paper, @andrewelrod.bsky.social and @econmarshall.bsky.social explain how to transform American higher education from an engine of Inequality to a pillar of the public interest.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In a new paper, @andrewelrod.bsky.social and @econmarshall.bsky.social explain how to transform American higher education from an engine of Inequality to a pillar of the public interest.
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This Wednesday: Join us in NYC for a panel discussion on how to rebuild American higher education from an engine of inequality to a pillar of the public interest.
Featuring @jmargetta.bsky.social, @econmarshall.bsky.social, Jennifer Chernega & @adamhsays.com.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/why-americ...
Featuring @jmargetta.bsky.social, @econmarshall.bsky.social, Jennifer Chernega & @adamhsays.com.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/why-americ...
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This Wednesday: Join us in NYC for a panel discussion on how to rebuild American higher education from an engine of inequality to a pillar of the public interest.
Featuring @jmargetta.bsky.social, @econmarshall.bsky.social, Jennifer Chernega & @adamhsays.com.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/why-americ...
Featuring @jmargetta.bsky.social, @econmarshall.bsky.social, Jennifer Chernega & @adamhsays.com.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/why-americ...