Nathan Goodman
@nathanpgoodman.bsky.social
Economist who studies institutions, political economy, polycentricity, defense & peace economics, and border militarization.
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Border militarization and domestic institutions - Constitutional Political Economy
The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of border policies and the increased militarization of border control practices on the expansion of police powers, the erosion of constitutional co...
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Much of my work focuses on the militarization of the US-Mexico border.
For instance, this paper examines how that militarization shaped domestic policing: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
For instance, this paper examines how that militarization shaped domestic policing: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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This is why the entire court manufactured doctrine of a "presumption of regularity" in statements made by Exec branch officials never passes the laugh test.
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is why the entire court manufactured doctrine of a "presumption of regularity" in statements made by Exec branch officials never passes the laugh test.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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FBI agent working as a Population Control Police is caught smashing a small business owner's surveillance camera. Why? Because the PCP does not want their crimes on camera.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
FBI agent working as a Population Control Police is caught smashing a small business owner's surveillance camera. Why? Because the PCP does not want their crimes on camera.
How can ordinary people come together to protect immigrants from unjust deportation?
Throughout the 1980s & early 90s, the Sanctuary Movement illustrated one way to do this.
In a newly published paper, Karla Segovia, Molly Rovinski & I analyze this movement. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Throughout the 1980s & early 90s, the Sanctuary Movement illustrated one way to do this.
In a newly published paper, Karla Segovia, Molly Rovinski & I analyze this movement. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Collective action in the sanctuary movement: polycentric protection of central American asylum seekers - Constitutional Political Economy
In the 1980s and early 1990s, civil wars contributed to significant waves of migration from Central American countries such as El Salvador and Guatemala. The United States federal government, specific...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
How can ordinary people come together to protect immigrants from unjust deportation?
Throughout the 1980s & early 90s, the Sanctuary Movement illustrated one way to do this.
In a newly published paper, Karla Segovia, Molly Rovinski & I analyze this movement. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Throughout the 1980s & early 90s, the Sanctuary Movement illustrated one way to do this.
In a newly published paper, Karla Segovia, Molly Rovinski & I analyze this movement. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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Back to basics. TSA has no need to know who you are & where you're going unless you're wanted for a federal crime. REAL ID should be repealed, and TSA should be downsized to nothing more than a "red team" that covertly tests airline security measures.
thehill.com/homenews/nex...
thehill.com/homenews/nex...
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Back to basics. TSA has no need to know who you are & where you're going unless you're wanted for a federal crime. REAL ID should be repealed, and TSA should be downsized to nothing more than a "red team" that covertly tests airline security measures.
thehill.com/homenews/nex...
thehill.com/homenews/nex...
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
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Our institutions are only as liberal as the people who sustain them. Don’t outsource your citizenship—exercise it.
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Our institutions are only as liberal as the people who sustain them. Don’t outsource your citizenship—exercise it.
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Hard to beat this discussant slide by force-of-nature @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social after I spoke at the IMF last Friday
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Hard to beat this discussant slide by force-of-nature @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social after I spoke at the IMF last Friday
A concerning proposal to expand biometric data collection.
www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/dh...
www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/dh...
DHS Proposes Expanded Biometrics Requirements for Immigration Purposes | JD Supra
On November 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a proposed rule to expand the scope, collection, and use of biometric...
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November 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A concerning proposal to expand biometric data collection.
www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/dh...
www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/dh...
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“Our National Guard troops did not sign up to police their own neighbors.”
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“Our National Guard troops did not sign up to police their own neighbors.”
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The creed of liberalism asks one thing of us: to treat every person as a self-governing equal. Everything else—law, rights, justice—flows from that promise.
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The creed of liberalism asks one thing of us: to treat every person as a self-governing equal. Everything else—law, rights, justice—flows from that promise.
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New paper alert
Toward an Austrian Theory of the Self in The Review of Austrian Economics. It's Open Access!
In the paper I explore connect the Austrian theory of subjectivism to the philosophical sociology of George Herbert Mead and argue that we to explain, not assume, individual heterogeneity
Toward an Austrian Theory of the Self in The Review of Austrian Economics. It's Open Access!
In the paper I explore connect the Austrian theory of subjectivism to the philosophical sociology of George Herbert Mead and argue that we to explain, not assume, individual heterogeneity
Toward an Austrian theory of the self - The Review of Austrian Economics
One of the key distinguishing features of Austrian economics is subjectivism. Subjectivism has been understood as the foundation for why individuals are different from each other, and as a basis for i...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
New paper alert
Toward an Austrian Theory of the Self in The Review of Austrian Economics. It's Open Access!
In the paper I explore connect the Austrian theory of subjectivism to the philosophical sociology of George Herbert Mead and argue that we to explain, not assume, individual heterogeneity
Toward an Austrian Theory of the Self in The Review of Austrian Economics. It's Open Access!
In the paper I explore connect the Austrian theory of subjectivism to the philosophical sociology of George Herbert Mead and argue that we to explain, not assume, individual heterogeneity
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The Equal Freedom Institute is excited to announce our first event "Freedom in Motion" co-hosted with the Tulane Journal of Policy and Political Economy!
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Equal Freedom Institute is excited to announce our first event "Freedom in Motion" co-hosted with the Tulane Journal of Policy and Political Economy!
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Liberalism begins with a promise: no one is born to rule, and no one is born to serve. Power is only just when it answers to the people. That’s the moral root of equal freedom. #LiberalismIsPatriotism
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Liberalism begins with a promise: no one is born to rule, and no one is born to serve. Power is only just when it answers to the people. That’s the moral root of equal freedom. #LiberalismIsPatriotism
I look forward to being part of the immigrant rights panel at @equalfreedom.bsky.social's "Freedom in Motion" event this Wednesday.
If you're in New Orleans this Wednesday, please join us!
If you're in New Orleans this Wednesday, please join us!
The Equal Freedom Institute is excited to announce our first event "Freedom in Motion" co-hosted with the Tulane Journal of Policy and Political Economy!
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I look forward to being part of the immigrant rights panel at @equalfreedom.bsky.social's "Freedom in Motion" event this Wednesday.
If you're in New Orleans this Wednesday, please join us!
If you're in New Orleans this Wednesday, please join us!
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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The fact that US law currently permits this is all we need to know about how all nationalisms bend towards fascism.
Focus on "foreigners" allows nation-states to outsource responsibility for their many failures. "Foreign states," "foreign gulags," "foreign people," etc.
Focus on "foreigners" allows nation-states to outsource responsibility for their many failures. "Foreign states," "foreign gulags," "foreign people," etc.
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The fact that US law currently permits this is all we need to know about how all nationalisms bend towards fascism.
Focus on "foreigners" allows nation-states to outsource responsibility for their many failures. "Foreign states," "foreign gulags," "foreign people," etc.
Focus on "foreigners" allows nation-states to outsource responsibility for their many failures. "Foreign states," "foreign gulags," "foreign people," etc.
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Why does U.S. govt steal the phones of deportees?
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Why does U.S. govt steal the phones of deportees?
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Just want to point out that this one little square (Employment-Based Immigration Law) is one of the most bureaucratically baroque and difficult things I've encountered in the law. Makes "closing on a real estate deal" look like napkin math.
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Just want to point out that this one little square (Employment-Based Immigration Law) is one of the most bureaucratically baroque and difficult things I've encountered in the law. Makes "closing on a real estate deal" look like napkin math.
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I've said it several times but I'll repeat it: investigative journalism like this piece is why I financially support @propublica.org & you should too.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I've said it several times but I'll repeat it: investigative journalism like this piece is why I financially support @propublica.org & you should too.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
www.propublica.org/article/port...
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From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
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