Brad DeLong
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Author of "Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the 20th Century". Too online since 1995. Sometime Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. UC Berkeley Professor.
...Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected…
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208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected
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February 7, 2026 at 2:54 PM
...Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected…
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...corrupt Supreme Court justices will eventually come along for the ride. We saw the template in Bush v. Gore. Steve Vladeck details just one of the many fresh hells that this template has now produced:
CROSSPOST: STEVE VLADECK: The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late... 3/
CROSSPOST: STEVE VLADECK: The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
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February 7, 2026 at 2:53 PM
...corrupt Supreme Court justices will eventually come along for the ride. We saw the template in Bush v. Gore. Steve Vladeck details just one of the many fresh hells that this template has now produced:
CROSSPOST: STEVE VLADECK: The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late... 3/
CROSSPOST: STEVE VLADECK: The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late... 3/
...project. Now a great many of its rank-and-file members are flummoxed to discover that the judges they elevated, and the academics who flattered them, are locked in a grim competition to be as lawless and as indifferent to justice as possible, on the theory that if they push far enough, five... 2/
February 7, 2026 at 2:52 PM
...project. Now a great many of its rank-and-file members are flummoxed to discover that the judges they elevated, and the academics who flattered them, are locked in a grim competition to be as lawless and as indifferent to justice as possible, on the theory that if they push far enough, five... 2/
...CROSSPOST: IAN McKELLEN: William Shakespeare (& Other Playwrights) on Thomas More on Immigrants
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February 6, 2026 at 3:09 AM
...CROSSPOST: IAN McKELLEN: William Shakespeare (& Other Playwrights) on Thomas More on Immigrants
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and instead it's "I knew this specific guy was a huge pervert (all us men are perverts amirite?) so I definitely wanted to appeal to that and I think it was a great idea."
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
and instead it's "I knew this specific guy was a huge pervert (all us men are perverts amirite?) so I definitely wanted to appeal to that and I think it was a great idea."
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> Joe Weisenthal: 'Incredible. Research analysts (this from George Pollack at Signum Global) are now having to explain basic US election laws to their clients. Literally the type of note typically see about various quasi-democratic frontier markets. 2/END
> Joe Weisenthal: 'Incredible. Research analysts (this from George Pollack at Signum Global) are now having to explain basic US election laws to their clients. Literally the type of note typically see about various quasi-democratic frontier markets. 2/END
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> Joe Weisenthal: 'Incredible. Research analysts (this from George Pollack at Signum Global) are now having to explain basic US election laws to their clients. Literally the type of note typically see about various quasi-democratic frontier markets. 2/END
> Joe Weisenthal: 'Incredible. Research analysts (this from George Pollack at Signum Global) are now having to explain basic US election laws to their clients. Literally the type of note typically see about various quasi-democratic frontier markets. 2/END
...bots helping us write our papers so that we have more time to do our laundry 🧺 😬... 2/END
𝗡𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗮 on X: "A few years ago it seemed plausible that the future would be robots doing our laundry to give us academics more time to focus on research and writing our papers. Instead the future turned out to be bots helping us write our papers so that we have more time to do our laundry 🧺 😬" / X
A few years ago it seemed plausible that the future would be robots doing our laundry to give us academics more time to focus on research and writing our papers. Instead the future turned out to be bots helping us write our papers so that we have more time to do our laundry 🧺 😬
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February 5, 2026 at 7:48 PM
...bots helping us write our papers so that we have more time to do our laundry 🧺 😬... 2/END
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I'm really not sure about Farrellism except maybe as a euphemism for complete academic disorganization ;)
February 3, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I'm really not sure about Farrellism except maybe as a euphemism for complete academic disorganization ;)
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Just sent you and Henry a new chapter from my upcoming (hah) book outline Gopnikism plus Farrelism too, designed to be easy to read for a popular audience or even Berkeley undergrads
February 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Just sent you and Henry a new chapter from my upcoming (hah) book outline Gopnikism plus Farrelism too, designed to be easy to read for a popular audience or even Berkeley undergrads
Yes! But would you ask Minsky for an introduction to Minskyism? No! You would ask Kindleberger! And would you ask Foucault for an introduction to Foucaultism? No! You would ask Fourcade! And would you ask (Karl) Polanyi for an introduction to Polanyism? No! I'm still looking for this one...
February 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Yes! But would you ask Minsky for an introduction to Minskyism? No! You would ask Kindleberger! And would you ask Foucault for an introduction to Foucaultism? No! You would ask Fourcade! And would you ask (Karl) Polanyi for an introduction to Polanyism? No! I'm still looking for this one...
do you mean engaging in "mansplaining", or saying that somebody should be dismissed because they are engaging in "mansplaining"?
February 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
do you mean engaging in "mansplaining", or saying that somebody should be dismissed because they are engaging in "mansplaining"?
yes. be well... - b.
What is the best short article explaining (Alison, not Adam) Gopnikism on MAMLMs that I might give my undergrads that they will not bounce off of?
What is the best short article explaining (Alison, not Adam) Gopnikism on MAMLMs that I might give my undergrads that they will not bounce off of?
February 2, 2026 at 1:40 PM
yes. be well... - b.
What is the best short article explaining (Alison, not Adam) Gopnikism on MAMLMs that I might give my undergrads that they will not bounce off of?
What is the best short article explaining (Alison, not Adam) Gopnikism on MAMLMs that I might give my undergrads that they will not bounce off of?
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And correcting in response to Brad allowed me to stick in a link to G. E. M. de Ste. Croix, whose work, like Cornford's, I've enjoyed, although clearly not enough of it has stuck with me!
January 27, 2026 at 4:43 PM
And correcting in response to Brad allowed me to stick in a link to G. E. M. de Ste. Croix, whose work, like Cornford's, I've enjoyed, although clearly not enough of it has stuck with me!