Adrian Haws
@adrianhaws.bsky.social
Economics PhD student at Cornell University. I research economic mobility + [im]migration + record linking w/methods from labor econ, econ history, and econ demography. Road + trail runner
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I'm also very grateful to the 20 people who have presented, and for all of the attendees who show up, speak up, and invite your colleagues!
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December 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I'm also very grateful to the 20 people who have presented, and for all of the attendees who show up, speak up, and invite your colleagues!
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I'm deeply grateful for a handful of people who have made this possible, especially Joe Price, @jacobvanecon.bsky.social, Ali Doxey, Will Cockriel, Helen Burkhardt, Jake Meyer, and @hwilbert.bsky.social
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December 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I'm deeply grateful for a handful of people who have made this possible, especially Joe Price, @jacobvanecon.bsky.social, Ali Doxey, Will Cockriel, Helen Burkhardt, Jake Meyer, and @hwilbert.bsky.social
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Economic historians value rigorous empirics grounded in historical context, using unique sources of data.
And economics values economic history; just ask Claudia Goldin and Joel Mokyr!
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And economics values economic history; just ask Claudia Goldin and Joel Mokyr!
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December 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Economic historians value rigorous empirics grounded in historical context, using unique sources of data.
And economics values economic history; just ask Claudia Goldin and Joel Mokyr!
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And economics values economic history; just ask Claudia Goldin and Joel Mokyr!
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Presenters have come from...
Canada: Toronto, UBC
UK: Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews
US: Cornell, Chicago, BYU, George Mason, CU-Boulder, UCSD, Notre Dame, Florida State, Texas A&M, Wisconsin
And attendees from many more places!
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Canada: Toronto, UBC
UK: Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews
US: Cornell, Chicago, BYU, George Mason, CU-Boulder, UCSD, Notre Dame, Florida State, Texas A&M, Wisconsin
And attendees from many more places!
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December 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Presenters have come from...
Canada: Toronto, UBC
UK: Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews
US: Cornell, Chicago, BYU, George Mason, CU-Boulder, UCSD, Notre Dame, Florida State, Texas A&M, Wisconsin
And attendees from many more places!
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Canada: Toronto, UBC
UK: Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews
US: Cornell, Chicago, BYU, George Mason, CU-Boulder, UCSD, Notre Dame, Florida State, Texas A&M, Wisconsin
And attendees from many more places!
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This workshop came out of a conversation with @jacobvanecon.bsky.social where we both wished we had a forum to get feedback on research ideas in economic history.
It started as a small group, but there was a lot of demand!
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It started as a small group, but there was a lot of demand!
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December 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This workshop came out of a conversation with @jacobvanecon.bsky.social where we both wished we had a forum to get feedback on research ideas in economic history.
It started as a small group, but there was a lot of demand!
2/
It started as a small group, but there was a lot of demand!
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Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
Cornell has reached an agreement with the federal government to restore our funding:
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The incredible shrinking attack on U.S. universities continues.
Cornell has signed an agreement—but unlike the UVA agreement, instead of pledging to follow the gov't's highly questionable July "guidance" on discrimination, Cornell simply agrees to hand it out to faculty as a "training resource"!
Cornell has signed an agreement—but unlike the UVA agreement, instead of pledging to follow the gov't's highly questionable July "guidance" on discrimination, Cornell simply agrees to hand it out to faculty as a "training resource"!
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
There are some other takes shared by @cornellaaup.bsky.social
If the Trump admin had evidence that Cornell systemically discriminated against Jewish students in violation of Title VI, it wouldn't let the university off the hook for a $30m investment in research about AI, robotics, and farming. /1
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
There are some other takes shared by @cornellaaup.bsky.social
But fortunately, university administrators are not the only ones with power.
Today is a good day to speak out!
Today is a good day to speak out!
Our November 7 day of action to defend higher education has taken the country by storm! ✊
“There is only one way forward in saving higher education and democracy writ large and that is students, faculty, staff united...We have to become a new political force.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
“There is only one way forward in saving higher education and democracy writ large and that is students, faculty, staff united...We have to become a new political force.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Students and faculty at over 100 US universities protest against Trump’s attacks
Student, national and local groups across US organized day of action to condemn Trump’s assault on academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
But fortunately, university administrators are not the only ones with power.
Today is a good day to speak out!
Today is a good day to speak out!
Cornell's agreement weakens the collective ability of ALL American universities to resist undue govt interference in research, teaching, hiring, and admissions.
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Cornell's agreement weakens the collective ability of ALL American universities to resist undue govt interference in research, teaching, hiring, and admissions.
The agreement was made without discussions with faculty, students, or staff.
Now there's a town hall *after* the deed is done.
Now there's a town hall *after* the deed is done.
Cornell's Town Hall (read: Zoom webinar) on the deal is happening now! vod.video.cornell.edu/media/1_v5em...
University Update from President Kotlikoff
Press the play icon on the screen to watch when the announcement is live.
vod.video.cornell.edu
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The agreement was made without discussions with faculty, students, or staff.
Now there's a town hall *after* the deed is done.
Now there's a town hall *after* the deed is done.
As part of the AAU, Cornell signed a statement in May saying that Trump's attacks "ultimately detract from the necessary fight against antisemitism while threatening the global preeminence of America’s research universities and colleges."
The words don't quite connect with actions here.
The words don't quite connect with actions here.
AJC, ACE, AAU, Others Unite Against Antisemitism, Caution on Federal Overreach
AJC, ACE, AAU, and other partner organizations issued a joint statement today pledging concrete reforms to combat campus antisemitism while warning that recent federal actions threaten academic freedo...
www.acenet.edu
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
As part of the AAU, Cornell signed a statement in May saying that Trump's attacks "ultimately detract from the necessary fight against antisemitism while threatening the global preeminence of America’s research universities and colleges."
The words don't quite connect with actions here.
The words don't quite connect with actions here.