Beth Popp Berman
@epopppp.bsky.social
Professor @ a large Midwestern U
Author of Thinking like an Economist, Creating the Market University
Trying to understand how ideas about economic value have shaped capitalism + its regulation, from the first Gilded Age to the second
Have more hair now
Author of Thinking like an Economist, Creating the Market University
Trying to understand how ideas about economic value have shaped capitalism + its regulation, from the first Gilded Age to the second
Have more hair now
I'm a little confused about Will Stancil.
January 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I'm a little confused about Will Stancil.
This is so good.
🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The mirage of AI deregulation
One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...
www.science.org
January 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM
This is so good.
I don't know, I'm not surprised when the US does terrible things, but I'm still surprised our government is now run by people who think Nazis are cool.
January 14, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I don't know, I'm not surprised when the US does terrible things, but I'm still surprised our government is now run by people who think Nazis are cool.
Why do they have to simulate buying chicken?
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Why do they have to simulate buying chicken?
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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In a recent symposium on M&A, I heard something really striking: firms contemplating deals have created go-teams of lawyers in the event that Trump becomes interested. They’re ready to negotiate directly with the White House.
My brain kept picking over exactly what was wrong with this.
My brain kept picking over exactly what was wrong with this.
January 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
In a recent symposium on M&A, I heard something really striking: firms contemplating deals have created go-teams of lawyers in the event that Trump becomes interested. They’re ready to negotiate directly with the White House.
My brain kept picking over exactly what was wrong with this.
My brain kept picking over exactly what was wrong with this.
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"Republicans’ goal was never regulatory decisions that maximized net benefits; it was less regulation, consistent with their broader political vision."
A good day to revisit @epopppp.bsky.social's call to confront (and perhaps learn from) the conservative weaponization of Cost-Benefit Analysis.
A good day to revisit @epopppp.bsky.social's call to confront (and perhaps learn from) the conservative weaponization of Cost-Benefit Analysis.
January 12, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"Republicans’ goal was never regulatory decisions that maximized net benefits; it was less regulation, consistent with their broader political vision."
A good day to revisit @epopppp.bsky.social's call to confront (and perhaps learn from) the conservative weaponization of Cost-Benefit Analysis.
A good day to revisit @epopppp.bsky.social's call to confront (and perhaps learn from) the conservative weaponization of Cost-Benefit Analysis.
This is a good essay on the history of the Monroe Doctrine.
Trump, Venezuela and the doctrine that wouldn’t die
Long seen as defunct, the Monroe Doctrine is being invoked once again as a blueprint for assertive US foreign policy. Historian Greg Grandin charts the rise, fall and rebirth of an ambiguous creed
giftarticle.ft.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This is a good essay on the history of the Monroe Doctrine.
I bet he could get a big audience for the original lectures if he livestreamed them.
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I bet he could get a big audience for the original lectures if he livestreamed them.
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in acknowledgement of the fact that There Is A Lot Going On, the deadline for this CFP has been extended by one week! oddletters.com/tech-money/
hey!
hey!!!
if you are an academic of any rank in the critical tech studies space who cares about how money, finance, and business structures work in science and technology, i want to see your abstracts for a collected volume! they're due tomorrow!!!
https//oddletters.com/tech-money/
hey!!!
if you are an academic of any rank in the critical tech studies space who cares about how money, finance, and business structures work in science and technology, i want to see your abstracts for a collected volume! they're due tomorrow!!!
https//oddletters.com/tech-money/
January 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
in acknowledgement of the fact that There Is A Lot Going On, the deadline for this CFP has been extended by one week! oddletters.com/tech-money/
Such a gift✨ to read no news for four entire days
December 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Such a gift✨ to read no news for four entire days
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Today, our ten most read posts of 2025!
What good is policy-adjacent scholarship? Does the 1st Amendment protect the economic infrastructure of speech? Can Trump grant Texas 40 Senators through executive order?
Our brilliant authors answered these and other questions during this annus horribilis.
What good is policy-adjacent scholarship? Does the 1st Amendment protect the economic infrastructure of speech? Can Trump grant Texas 40 Senators through executive order?
Our brilliant authors answered these and other questions during this annus horribilis.
Our Most Read Posts of 2025
Exactly what it says on the tin. Revisit the entries from the past year that readers turned to the most.
lpeproject.org
December 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Today, our ten most read posts of 2025!
What good is policy-adjacent scholarship? Does the 1st Amendment protect the economic infrastructure of speech? Can Trump grant Texas 40 Senators through executive order?
Our brilliant authors answered these and other questions during this annus horribilis.
What good is policy-adjacent scholarship? Does the 1st Amendment protect the economic infrastructure of speech? Can Trump grant Texas 40 Senators through executive order?
Our brilliant authors answered these and other questions during this annus horribilis.
I would 100% rather have a random person sent to CECOT spend the night at my house than Stephen Miller.
December 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I would 100% rather have a random person sent to CECOT spend the night at my house than Stephen Miller.
The student paper is often the only coverage of what's happening in Ann Arbor, a town of 125,000.
" The total number of student news programs in the country that distribute work to local outlets is now roughly two hundred and fifty.
"... the addition of a student-run paper is a lifeline for community news."
via @columjournreview.bsky.social
"... the addition of a student-run paper is a lifeline for community news."
via @columjournreview.bsky.social
How students are trying to save local news.
Across the country, university programs are filling gaps in the coverage.
www.cjr.org
December 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The student paper is often the only coverage of what's happening in Ann Arbor, a town of 125,000.
It's worth watching for yourself.
cecot-60mins.mp4
drive.google.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It's worth watching for yourself.
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This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
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You might question her methods, but credit to Bari Weiss: her leadership has pushed 60 Minutes into new formats and attracted a bunch of new viewership outside the normal broadcast audience.
here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
December 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
You might question her methods, but credit to Bari Weiss: her leadership has pushed 60 Minutes into new formats and attracted a bunch of new viewership outside the normal broadcast audience.
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Breaking news: Trump is citing “national security” to halt all active work on offshore wind projects
Five giant energy projects, countless jobs at risk
My story explains how the argument has legal weaknesses and comes from an anti-wind policy doc I reported in January
Five giant energy projects, countless jobs at risk
My story explains how the argument has legal weaknesses and comes from an anti-wind policy doc I reported in January
Trump Uses ‘National Security’ To Freeze Offshore Wind Work
The administration has already lost once in court wielding the same argument against Revolution Wind.
heatmap.news
December 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Breaking news: Trump is citing “national security” to halt all active work on offshore wind projects
Five giant energy projects, countless jobs at risk
My story explains how the argument has legal weaknesses and comes from an anti-wind policy doc I reported in January
Five giant energy projects, countless jobs at risk
My story explains how the argument has legal weaknesses and comes from an anti-wind policy doc I reported in January
I am old enough for the answer to all those "do you remember" quizzes to be embarrassing, but apparently not old enough to recognize Walter Cronkite on sight.
December 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I am old enough for the answer to all those "do you remember" quizzes to be embarrassing, but apparently not old enough to recognize Walter Cronkite on sight.
Per the discussion in the comments about bus stop versus college party -- a lot of the safeness/creepiness is downstream of organizations vouching for people.
The college, rightly or wrongly, is telling you "this is a safe person to interact with."
The college, rightly or wrongly, is telling you "this is a safe person to interact with."
Discussion elsewhere on the internet dot com about male willingness to sleep with attractive strangers and, just, like, speaking as a man - even if I were single, the level of persuading I'd need that a random attractive woman claiming to want to sleep with me wasn't up to something nefarious?...
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Per the discussion in the comments about bus stop versus college party -- a lot of the safeness/creepiness is downstream of organizations vouching for people.
The college, rightly or wrongly, is telling you "this is a safe person to interact with."
The college, rightly or wrongly, is telling you "this is a safe person to interact with."
Can't believe this was an actual sentence I read this morning.
December 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Can't believe this was an actual sentence I read this morning.
So all we had to do to get the billionaires on board with baby bonds is send all the money to Wall Street.
BlackRock to Match ‘Trump Account’ Contributions for Employees
BlackRock Inc. will match government contributions to “Trump accounts” for its employees, making it one of the first major US companies to lay out plans for supporting the early-childhood savings prog...
www.bloomberg.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
So all we had to do to get the billionaires on board with baby bonds is send all the money to Wall Street.
December 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM