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Patrick M Kuhn @pmkuhn.bsky.social · 4d

Has always been and will always be…und can ignore it for a while, but economics will eventually come back and bite.

Daniel @deargodwhatnow.bsky.social · 4d

Fundamentally anyone who says politics isn't about economics any more, is an idiot. People like having money and dislike not having enough money

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Marius Brülhart @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social · 10d

Viele halbleere Einfamilienhäuser: Davon wird es nach Abschaffung #Eigenmietwert noch mehr geben.
Und nochmals mehr, falls die vom Bund angedachte neue Grundstückgewinnsteuer kommt.
Gaga-Steuerpolitik.
www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/n...

Wohnungsnot trifft Raumüberfluss – das grosse Paradox der Schweizer Einfamilienhäuser

Neue Zahlen zeigen: Mehr als die Hälfte der Wohngebäude in der Schweiz sind Einfamilienhäuser. Und mehr als die Hälfte davon wird nur von einer oder zwei Personen bewohnt.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 14d

@robfordmancs.bsky.social argues that the unpopularity of Reform's proposals offer the government an opportunity - but I'd add that they will squander that if they introduce what just looks like a watered-down version of those proposals.

y pushing for such a hardline policy, Reform may have over-reached and handed a powerful weapon to their political opponents, who can attack a potential Farage government as a clear and present danger to the rights and security hundreds of thousands of decent hard-working migrant families, including friends, neighbours and workmates. After years of making the running on immigration, Farage may this week have handed the initiative back to his opponents.

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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 20d

🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)!

🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée!

Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland!

Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social

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Patrick M Kuhn @pmkuhn.bsky.social · Aug 31

Sunday afternoon at the lake -Afagato weather with view…

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · Aug 13

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

Google Scholar Is Doomed

Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

hannahshelley.neocities.org

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Marius Brülhart @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social · Aug 22

"Werden Häuser noch teurer?", fragt der Tagi bezüglich #Eigenmietwert.
Meine Antwort: Selbstverständlich.
Wenn man Steuern senkt auf ein inelastisch angebotenes Gut, dann steigt dessen Marktpreis.
Wie stark wäre der Preisschub?
Eine grobe Schätzung.
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Die Schweiz ist Weltmeisterin bei Immobilienschulden. Ändert die Abschaffung des Eigenmietwerts etwas daran?

Laut dem Bundesrat wäre ein Systemwechsel bei der Besteuerung von Wohneigentum gut für die Finanzstabilität. Doch das Argument steht auf wackeligen Beinen.

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Patrick M Kuhn @pmkuhn.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is shocking…

Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Aug 3

The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:

$678M raised through those spam tactics

$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.

$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)

The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine

How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · Jul 31

From the current issue:

“Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914”

by Luke Blaxill (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social), Gary Hutchison (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social), @pmkuhn.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, Nick Vivyan (@durham-university.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...

Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914*

Abstract. This article analyses over 19,000 articles from newspapers and parliamentary commission reports to reveal endemic electoral violence in England a

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 30

Motherfucking wind farms…

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Jul 7

New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · Jun 27

From the current issue: “Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914”

by Luke Blaxill (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social), Gary Hutchison (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social), @pmkuhn.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, Nick Vivyan (@durham-university.bsky.social)

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...

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Bleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thanks to @pmkuhn.bsky.social for inviting me onto our departmental podcast to talk about the UK Strategic Defence Review, the space dimensions of it in particular and some wider issues in UK defence.

open.spotify.com/episode/52UK...

The UK's Military Makeover: Assessing the Strategic Defence Review

Politics in the Rearview Mirror · Episode

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Patrick M Kuhn @pmkuhn.bsky.social · Jun 8

Check out the forthcoming JCR article by Anouk Rigterink and my PhD student @wangyinzhao.bsky.social 👇

Wangyin Zhao @wangyinzhao.bsky.social · Jun 7

🚨Kicking off my first post with a publication!

My first peer-reviewed article - “The Impact of Natural Disasters on the Ongoing Civil War: The Role of Spatial Configuration of Territorial Control” - now out in Journal of Conflict Resolution!

📖Read: doi.org/10.1177/0022...

🧵What is new👇

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Patrick M Kuhn @pmkuhn.bsky.social · Jun 8

Check out the forthcoming JCR article by Anouk Rigterink and my PhD student @wangyinzhao.bsky.social 👇

Wangyin Zhao @wangyinzhao.bsky.social · Jun 7

🚨Kicking off my first post with a publication!

My first peer-reviewed article - “The Impact of Natural Disasters on the Ongoing Civil War: The Role of Spatial Configuration of Territorial Control” - now out in Journal of Conflict Resolution!

📖Read: doi.org/10.1177/0022...

🧵What is new👇

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Patrick M Kuhn @pmkuhn.bsky.social · Jun 7

b), you can do a) when you are 50, 60, or 70.

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Patrick M Kuhn @pmkuhn.bsky.social · May 29

Explore incidents of election violence in 19th Century England and Wales on our interactive map at victorianelectionviolence.uk/interactive-....

Read short descriptions, see how violence changed over time, and follow the historical newspapers sources to discover more.

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Patrick M Kuhn @pmkuhn.bsky.social · May 29

We discovered a lot of "fun" local electoral history bits that have been hidden. Some of the buildings and public houses involved are still standing.

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Patrick M Kuhn @pmkuhn.bsky.social · May 29

Explore incidents of election violence in 19th Century England and Wales on our interactive map at victorianelectionviolence.uk/interactive-....

Read short descriptions, see how violence changed over time, and follow the historical newspapers sources to discover more.

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · May 28

From current issue: “Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914”

by Luke Blaxill (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social), Gary Hutchison (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social), @pmkuhn.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, Nick Vivyan (@durham-university.bsky.social)

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...

Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914*

Abstract. This article analyses over 19,000 articles from newspapers and parliamentary commission reports to reveal endemic electoral violence in England a

doi.org

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NBER @nber.org · May 25

A new method to estimate treatment effects on long-term outcomes that uses intermediate outcomes to correct for selection bias, relaxes assumptions of popular surrogate estimators, from Susan Athey, Raj Chetty, and Guido Imbens https://www.nber.org/papers/w33817

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Centre for Institutions and Political Behaviour @durhamcipb.bsky.social · May 23

📣 New episode alert!
CIPB member @pmkuhn.bsky.social explores the Madman Theory—can presidential unpredictability, from Nixon to Trump, really win concessions? Tune in for the data-driven verdict: open.spotify.com/episode/0cov...

Mad or Method? A Closer Look at the Madman Theory

Politics in the Rearview Mirror · Episode

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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · May 20

📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢

Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply!

Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ!

sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...

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Tom Theuns @tomtheuns.bsky.social · May 20

We're hiring!

Two tenure-track openings for Assistant Professors in Political Science or International Relations.

Sharing = 🙏❤️

www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Assistant Professor of Political ScienceThe Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Leiden University is currently looking for at least two (2) assistant professors in Poli...

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · May 14

Starmer's language was deplorable.

It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.

But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵

Image from the Financial Times, placing Keir Starmer next to Enoch Powell.

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