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Public policy professor, Price School USC @priceschool.usc.edu, father, poverty/social policy/racial inequality/immigration/policymakers, posts do not speak for employer, https://bradydave.wordpress.com

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · Oct 26

More than 1 million refugees migrated to Germany in 2015-2016.

How did this affect Germans’ exclusionary beliefs & behaviors?

New at American Journal of Sociology w/Giesselmann & @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

The Increase in Refugees to Germany and Exclusionary Beliefs and Behaviors1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 130, No 3

In 2015–16, Germany experienced a rapid and controversial increase in refugees that varied substantially across German districts. This increase provides unique leverage for analyzing how fractionaliza...

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 14h

Nice article in The Daily Trojan about our event with @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social a few days ago. Really admire the comments of our @priceschool.usc.edu
MPA student Barry Heads here especially.

dailytrojan.com/2025/10/08/b...

Bill Kristol gives talk on state of democracy - Daily Trojan

The "Never Trumper" said USC should reject Trump's compact sent to universities.

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 14h

“scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone”

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Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 21h

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 1d

Admirable defense of immigration by the Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. will get fewer Nobel prizes in the future if the Trump Administration won’t welcome legal immigrants and refugees.

www.wsj.com/opinion/nobe...

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 3d

Knowing Richard well, I’m certain that was implicit!

David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 3d

My colleague & friend Richard Green raises good reason to NOT sign Trump’s compact: “the president “is a person who has not kept agreements for a very long time. If we are going to sell our soul, let’s not sell it to someone who is going to pull the football away.”

www.latimes.com/california/s...

USC faculty members denounce Trump compact that would shift university to the right

The USC Academic Senate held a special meeting to discuss the Trump administration's education compact, which was presented to the school last week.

www.latimes.com

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 5d

IMO this hasn't gotten enough attention: a recent memo at NIH announces that peer review will be devalued in determining which grants get funded, granting more power to political appointees to make decisions based on the admin's whims over scientific merit

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Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 6d

"The twentieth century’s worst episodes did not begin with gunfire. They began with named categories—“parasites,” “vermin,” “degenerates,” “enemies of the people”—ways of talking that prepared the ground for ways of acting."

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Charlie Kirk, Ezra Klein, and the Cost of Civility-Theater Liberalism

“Talking across divides” is laudable—until it becomes a license to launder antidemocratic and dehumanizing ideas.

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Reposted by Anna O. Law, David Lazer, David Brady , and 9 more Anna O. Law, David Lazer, David Brady, Juliet B. Schor, Ken Caldeira, Steve Peers, Rebecca Tushnet, Alan Richardson, Scott A. Imberman, Dean Eckles, Daxton R. Stewart, David Darmofal

John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 7d

“No self-respecting university could ever accept something like this,” said Lee Bollinger, a First Amendment scholar and former Columbia University president. “Trying to protect conservative ideas against being ‘belittled’ — that’s about as violative of the First Amendment interests as you can get.”

Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits

A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 8d

Albania and Azerbaijan were never at war, but since President #Trump claims to have settled the “conflict”, the presidents demanded President #Macron to congratulate them on the “big win”.

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 9d

The award honors someone who has made significant contributions to the field of public policy analysis & management before the age of 40. Zach is an extremely deserving recipient. And, this is terrific news for his fields of social policy, poverty, inequality, comparative, demography & sociology.

David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 9d

The Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management has announced that Zach Parolin @zparolin.bsky.social has won the David Kershaw Award.

www.appam.org/zachary-paro...

Enthusiastic congratulations to my good friend and occasional collaborator Zach!

Zachary Parolin, Wins 25th David N. Kershaw Award - APPAM News - News | APPAM

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 9d

Here’s my brilliant colleague Antonio Bento doing a phenomenal job translating rigorous science into public & policy debates.

“With solo drivers kicked out of California carpool lanes, how bad will traffic get for rest of us?”

www.latimes.com/california/s...

With solo drivers kicked out of California carpool lanes, how bad will traffic get for rest of us?

Starting Oct. 1 California Clean Air Vehicle Decals will become invalid and solo clean-air vehicle driver's won't be allowed to use the carpool lane.

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 9d

My colleague @priceschool.usc.edu Richard Green and others explains the challenges of apartment development in LA. Bad news for the city.

“Almost no one is building new apartments in Los Angeles. Here’s why”

www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Almost no one is building new apartments in Los Angeles. Here's why

The supply of fresh rental units, which make up the bulk of new housing in Los Angeles, is petering out despite robust demand.

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Patrick Fenelon @patrickfenelon.bsky.social · 15d

Democrats: "we need to stop doing identity politics, & focus more on kitchen table issues"

Me: ok, that's a false choice. You can embrace left wing economic populism without throwing marginalized groups to the wolves

Democrats: "oh, we're not doing economic populism either"

Me: ok then...

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ALT: two men in suits and ties are sitting at a table with the caption what would you say you do here ?

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 16d

This is the university in my hometown where both my parents worked (my Dad for almost 30 years, including nearly 10 as a Dean) and where my brother graduated.

Used to be a serious liberal arts college with a legit law school. Used to be….

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16d

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16d

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16d

In 2016, JD Vance mused that Trump might be "America's Hitler"

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WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · 17d

Join us for the second part of our new online series "Science under Pressure".
📅 Monday, September 29, 1 p.m.
"When the State Threatens Science – Examples of the USA and Eastern Europe". Online-Discussion with @dziblatt.bsky.social and Kriszta Kovács.
www.wzb.eu/en/events/wh...

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 19d

Plus, PA is a really cool field with tons of smart people, fascinating questions, classic debates, new challenges, etc.

And my impression is there are generational transitions where there will be retirements and jobs.

So don’t say I didn’t give you heads up to get into PA.

David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 19d

My impression is there are far more public admin than public policy programs. MPAs still outnumber MPPs.

And we will always need teachers of fundamentals of public administration.

There are few jobs in adjacent fields in Sociology these days: labor mgmt relations, unions, bureaucracy, org theory.

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 19d

I know people think PA is facing an uncertain future after DOGE & Trump. But I’m actually optimistic about academic jobs in PA.

My hunch is there will always be jobs in govt relations in private sector, city & county mgmt, there will always be agencies that need mgmt, & budgets to do.

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 19d

One of the privileges of being Chair of the Public Policy & Management Dept at @priceschool.usc.edu is learning more about the rich & vibrant field of public admin (PA).

If I was a social scientist looking to pivot or expand job prospects, I’d do everything I could to genuinely join PA.

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 21d

How many MPA-online programs start the programs with an on campus residency… with a marching band?!?

David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 21d

There are really great faculty and staff in lots of programs. And then there are the forces to be reckoned with that are the @priceschool.usc.edu
Masters of Public Administration Online Program faculty and staff.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22d

“Drawing lines around protected speech can be tricky. But in this case, there’s a clear standard any honest Republican could accept: Nobody should be pursued or punished by the government for saying the kinds of things Kirk himself said. Here’s a list.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/charlie-ki...

Charlie Kirk’s Rules of Free Speech

Republicans want to prosecute the left for incendiary words that could lead to violence. They should read Kirk’s own incendiary words first.

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 23d

The @priceschool.usc.edu is looking forward to hosting Bill Kristol in a conversation with Professor Jeff Jenkins about the state of American democracy.

Kristol is former Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the US and founding editor of the Weekly Standard.

calendar.usc.edu/event/price-...