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Historian of Economic Thought and Social Science, Constitutional Political Economy, and Economics & Religion
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I had an ethics professor that told us that small talk was the means by which we share and receive a small part of ourselves with others and that has stuck with me

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The literature on degrees as signaling is pretty strong

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Oh Brother they gave relations with the Native American tribes over to a Musk flunky. Indignity of indignities

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'The point is not that the correct understanding of Catholicism... has always been liberal; that’s hardly plausible. The point is that Francis reaffirmed that Catholicism is not compatible with the “America first” (and humanity last) view of the Trumpists.'

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This is just 40K terra

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@tulaneu.bsky.social this is disgraceful

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Not getting into conclave stuff but this is a good thread about something that's been bothering me. Conservative/traditional and liberal/progressive are political lenses that we place upon the Church in inappropriate manners that align with what we want the Church to be rather than what She is. 1/2

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Many of the fraternal orders (like KoC) and other orgs like Rotary still do things! If there is one big loss from the federalization or aid is that many of these groups had specialized goals and those initiatives were lost to varying degrees

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It depends upon what you mean by buckles. Many of the mutual aid societies and fraternal orders stopped offering aid and assistance during/after the depression because they cited a lack of necessity after federal monies became available.

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Huh

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Congrats to LSU Rugby/wrestling/football alum and new hall of famer John Tenta

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Today is the 208th anniversary of Ricardo's “On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation” which gave us the Theory of Comparative Advantage. Blessings to those who celebrate

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Were wealthy donors key to Trump’s campaigns in 2016 and 2020? I'm thrilled to announce a new paper in which Sean Kates, Eric Manning, Tali Mendelberg and I analyzed data on 108 million (!) homeowner-voters. See “Plutopopulism: Wealth and Trump’s Financial Base.” Open access: cup.org/4cfm0Az 🧵 1/

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They asked the new night editor, Freddy Bastiat, if he'd write something for the April Fool's edition.

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