Sophie Jacobson
@sophiejacobson.bsky.social
Got to admit, discharge petitions weren't on my backsliding bingo card.
December 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Got to admit, discharge petitions weren't on my backsliding bingo card.
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I don’t typically post much, but I’m excited to share a guest essay co-authored with @jacobhacker.bsky.social which was published today in the @nytimes.com, as well as two reports we just published at the @equitablegrowth.bsky.social on Republican’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
June 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I don’t typically post much, but I’m excited to share a guest essay co-authored with @jacobhacker.bsky.social which was published today in the @nytimes.com, as well as two reports we just published at the @equitablegrowth.bsky.social on Republican’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
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Join us for the 5th Research Conference on the American Political Economy, July 28-30 on zoom, 12-2:30pm ET, to discuss cutting-edge APE research!
Register here: yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi... or check out the program (www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/events/annua...) [email protected]
Register here: yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi... or check out the program (www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/events/annua...) [email protected]
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: 2025 APE Annual Research Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
The 2025 APE Annual Research Conference will be held on Zoom from July 28 to 30 (Monday to Wednesday) from 12:00 to 2:30 pm ET each day.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Join us for the 5th Research Conference on the American Political Economy, July 28-30 on zoom, 12-2:30pm ET, to discuss cutting-edge APE research!
Register here: yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi... or check out the program (www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/events/annua...) [email protected]
Register here: yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi... or check out the program (www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/events/annua...) [email protected]
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Attention, Shoppers! @kthelen.bsky.social's latest @princetonupress.bsky.social book explains the political dynamics behind America's very, very large retailers. www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/attenti...
May 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Attention, Shoppers! @kthelen.bsky.social's latest @princetonupress.bsky.social book explains the political dynamics behind America's very, very large retailers. www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/attenti...
My train is literally going backwards to rescue another Amtrak that lost power. Suppose I will embrace solidarity wherever I can find it. 🤗
April 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
My train is literally going backwards to rescue another Amtrak that lost power. Suppose I will embrace solidarity wherever I can find it. 🤗
But, her emails!
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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March 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
But, her emails!
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How does public opinion shape power plant siting in the US? Check out APEX Graduate Fellow @ericscheuch.bsky.social's excellent new article "Economic Incentives or Racial BIas?"! www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/apex-gr...
APEX Graduate Fellow Eric Scheuch Publishes on Racial Inequity in US Power Plant Siting | Consortium on the American Political Economy
In a new article in Energy Research and Social Science, Eric Scheuch accounts for unexpected ways public opinion shapes racial inequity in the siting of power plants in the U.S.
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February 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
How does public opinion shape power plant siting in the US? Check out APEX Graduate Fellow @ericscheuch.bsky.social's excellent new article "Economic Incentives or Racial BIas?"! www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/apex-gr...
This piece was bound to be timely, but wow.
Fantastic new article by @bhighsmith.bsky.social, @mayasen.bsky.social, & @kathleenthelen.bsky.social (featured at CAPE's 2023 research conf.) is out in Perspectives on Politics! Off-Balance: How US Courts Privilege Conservative Policy Outcomes www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/highsmi...
February 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This piece was bound to be timely, but wow.
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Checkout @isabelmperera.bsky.social & Trevor Brown's excellent new article in World Politics: Why States Do or Do Not Privatize! (There's a super handy companion methods piece in QMMR, too: zenodo.org/records/14062872) www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/why-sta...
Why States Privatize? Isabel Perera & Trevor Brown Publish in World Politics | Consortium on the American Political Economy
Read Cornell APE scholars Isabel Perera and Trevor Brown's new article--Why States Do or Do Not Privatize: Cross-Class Coalitions in the Public Sector--in the latest World Politics! (Check out the acc...
www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org
January 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Checkout @isabelmperera.bsky.social & Trevor Brown's excellent new article in World Politics: Why States Do or Do Not Privatize! (There's a super handy companion methods piece in QMMR, too: zenodo.org/records/14062872) www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/why-sta...
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Lina Khan’s rule-of-law approach ensured clarity and consistency in antitrust enforcement.
"In the end, businesses may well have underpriced the value of a stable operating environment that rewards competition rather than submission." @nikolusiani.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...
"In the end, businesses may well have underpriced the value of a stable operating environment that rewards competition rather than submission." @nikolusiani.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...
Why Big Business May Wind Up Missing Lina Khan | Washington Monthly
Why Big Business May Wind Up Missing Lina Khan: Multinationals often opposed Biden’s aggressive stand on antitrust. Trump’s industrial policy by temper tantrum gives corporations what they really hate...
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December 13, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Lina Khan’s rule-of-law approach ensured clarity and consistency in antitrust enforcement.
"In the end, businesses may well have underpriced the value of a stable operating environment that rewards competition rather than submission." @nikolusiani.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...
"In the end, businesses may well have underpriced the value of a stable operating environment that rewards competition rather than submission." @nikolusiani.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...
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The APE Blog's 1st book symposium is live—showcasing Sarah Straszak's outstanding Privatizing Justice: Arbitration & the Decline of Public Governance in the US! Read @kathleenthelen.bsky.social's intro and contributions from @jnovkov.bsky.social, Jeb Barnes, and Alex Colvin on CAPE's website:
The American Political Economy Blog
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December 6, 2024 at 5:28 PM
The APE Blog's 1st book symposium is live—showcasing Sarah Straszak's outstanding Privatizing Justice: Arbitration & the Decline of Public Governance in the US! Read @kathleenthelen.bsky.social's intro and contributions from @jnovkov.bsky.social, Jeb Barnes, and Alex Colvin on CAPE's website:
Worst possible reminder to schedule a booster. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump expected to select RFK Jr. to lead HHS, Politico reports
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Politico reported on Thursday, citing a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
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November 14, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Worst possible reminder to schedule a booster. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Further evidence that women aren't actually safer under the so-called "protection" of men.
www.axios.com/2024/11/13/h...
www.axios.com/2024/11/13/h...
Homicide found to be top cause of maternal death
Pregnant women or those who've given birth in the past year are likelier to be murdered than die from medical causes.
www.axios.com
November 13, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Further evidence that women aren't actually safer under the so-called "protection" of men.
www.axios.com/2024/11/13/h...
www.axios.com/2024/11/13/h...