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Professor of Political Science; co-director, Ludwig Program on Public Leadership, Yale Law School; co-leader, Consortium on American Political Economy (CAPE); director, Yale American Political Economy eXchange (APEX); jacobhacker.com .. more

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Jacob Stewart Hacker is a professor of political science at Yale University and formerly the director of Yale's Institution for Social and Policy Studies. Hacker has written works on social policy, health care reform, and economic insecurity in the United States. .. more

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · Nov 13

Here are some of the best voices -- mostly in political science but also in history, economics, law, and journalism -- on the increasingly fraught relationship between democracy and capitalism in the United States: go.bsky.app/M6p7Ahw

Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 12d

Anyway, please read it, and huge thanks to my brilliant coauthors and @apsrjournal.bsky.social.

Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 12d

Perhaps most striking, we find an inverse relationship between a state's Black population share and how well represented Black constituents are by Senators -- the opposite of expectations. This seems to reflect white racial resentment in these states, consistent with theories of "racial threat."

Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 12d

To investigate the sources of these disparities, we look at the roll-call votes of members of Congress. We find huge differences between Republican and Democratic MCs, with Republicans favoring white voters' preferences. We even find this when we look at split-party Senate delegations.

Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 12d

When Democrats control the presidency and/or the Senate, there's no disparity in favor of white voters. We base these conclusions on survey questions about specific bills that encompass a half million voters over nearly twenty years.

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 12d

Is national policy more responsive to the preferences of white Americans than to those of people of color? When Republicans control the presidency and/or the Senate, yes. White voters are more likely to see legislation they support become law than are Black, Latino, or Asian American voters.

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 13d

#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social -

Race, Responsiveness, and Representation in U.S. Lawmaking - https://cup.org/47BDxm1

- G. AGUSTIN MARKARIAN, @jacobhacker.bsky.social, @maclockhart.bsky.social & ZOLTAN HAJNAL

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 13d

Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · Oct 17

A very special day! Happy Birthday, congratulations, and thank you for the wonderful book.

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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · Dec 3

My latest, in the New York Times:

I Clerked for Justice O’Connor. She Was My Hero, but I Worry About Her Legacy.

www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/o...

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Alex Hertel-Fernandez @awhf.bsky.social · Jan 2

Happy new year! I'm catching up on academic reading and wanted to flag an important new piece from @jacobhacker.bsky.social and collaborators on the current Democratic coalition and its focus on economic vs. social liberalism.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · Aug 21

"Trump isn't finished." nytimes.com/2024/08/21/o...

This is a breakout column by Tom Edsall. His expert sources — political scientists — are united in their call of alarm. There is no phony "both sides do it." And the political press is not spared. Sean Wilentz calls theirs "a staggering failure."

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · Feb 13

Trump is weaponizing financial payments: here's what you can do.

"Put more bluntly: the Trump administration is trying to turn private banks into enforcers ... If banks give in, it will be an enormous and dangerous step."

www.programmablemutter.com/p/trump-is-w...

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Monique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · Mar 13

The recently "retired" head of Social Security's research office gives a firsthand account of DOGE marauding to
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Former Social Security Official Says Musk/DOGE Caused "Trauma and Chaos" at SSA - NCPSSM

Laura Haltzel is the first former Social Security Administration (SSA) official who was present for the Trump administration’s takeover of the agency to speak out publicly in an on the record intervie...

www.ncpssm.org

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thank you so much to @jacobhacker.bsky.social @ispsyale.bsky.social for the opportunity to have presented yesterday on my findings on inequitable health insurance barriers and potential policy interventions to promote access (even in this political climate!). A real treat to have this conversation!

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · May 8

Really excited about this online convening May 19-20 to better understand the contemporary challenges and opportunities of Democratic governance in blue trifectas. Important for housing, climate, inflation, and so much more -- especially today! Register: t.co/Pm4bIJHn1O

Title of the convening with an image of a donkey superimposed over maps of Massachusetts and California

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