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Power corrupts. It’s time for Singapore to become a democracy.

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www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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The Attorney General of the United States gushing on camera that the President has saved two-thirds of the entire population of America from dying of a fentanyl overdose was a gut-churning lurch towards the absurd flattery lavished on personality-cult dictators by fawning subordinates.

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This is what solidarity looks like. Not the chant - the real thing

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Leadership requires courage. Leadership requires sacrifice. Leadership requires action. Leadership requires collaboration and commitment. Here is an amazing example of all of that- this is how we will win!! #NonviolentResistance

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Harvard is showing that the key to defeating authoritarianism is solidarity

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This is the way.

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Harvard has been absolutely central to the fightback … and here individual staff step up too. This is what direct effective action looks like. BRAVO !

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I'm very proud of all of the economists on this list, showing up when it counts.

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More than 80 Harvard faculty members have signed on to a pledge to donate 10% of their paycheck to support staff and students, as long as the University resists Trump's unlawful demands. I am so proud of my colleagues. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Mankiw pledges 10% of salary toward Harvard's defense against the Trump administration. He was chairman of George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisors.

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Most everyone I know around Harvard is doing what they can to help out in these challenging times, and I’m very happy to join in this specific effort.

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More than 80 Harvard faculty members have signed on to a pledge to donate 10% of their paycheck to support staff and students, as long as the University resists Trump's unlawful demands. I am so proud of my colleagues. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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EfIP is starting a podcast! Our first episode is a conversation with Dani Rodrik and Heather Boushey. Soon to be available on the standard podcast outlets. sites.libsyn.com/576765

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Europe must develop its own alternative to American AI models. If this sounds like a quixotic endeavor, consider the creation of Airbus, the European answer to Boeing, writes @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social.

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I am pretty sure that a game theorist can produce a model under which unleashing "strategic uncertainty" and financial market chaos can eventually benefit the U.S., but I am even more certain that it would bear no resemblance to what actually took place in the White House.

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MCC is a great organisation that does things differently - grant funding infrastructure aligned to national planning. So much wanton destruction.

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I was waiting for this. Very well deserved. Herbert is a fountain of knowledge and an exceptional analytic.

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My conversation with Anand Giridharadas urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

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My debate with Tyler Cowen on Trump's tariffs and free trade utk.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Page...

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Congratulations to the 2025 John Bates Clark Medal recipient Stefanie Stantcheva! www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...

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My debate with Dani Rodrik about tariffs and free trade

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The Turkish opposition held a massive rally today in one of Erdoğan’s most loyal strongholds. A farmer nailed it: "You can’t run a country with radish and turnip. You run it with truth, law, and justice." The turnip bit might be a coincidence — but it still lands a little too well in the U.S.

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Fun Tariff Facts: during the depression the US lost access to many imported paper products. They were replaced with an unusually tough paper stock made of hemp from the Philippines (then a US colony, and tariff exempt). Anyway, that’s why they were, and still are, called Manila folders / envelopes.

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Global South locked out of low carbon trade—our new database in @science.org @bentleyallan.bsky.social @drodrik.bsky.social @isabelestevez.bsky.social @glenpeters.bsky.social @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @leeharris.ft.com @katemac.bsky.social @adilnajam.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Were Americans down on an up economy before the election? New Economics for Inclusive Prosperity (EfIP) forum econfip.org/short-forums...

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"We are doing this because we love this country. We love the values that it stands for and we care about its future." - Harvard's international students are an example of the best of America. apnews.com/video/harvar...

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This is not the time for price controls. End the tariff inferno instead.

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This opinion is fire. In point of fact, liberals, progressives, and conservatives all agree on a basic set of principles about the rule of law, about due process, and about our responsibility to one another.

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Beating a dead horse here, but higher ed is an incredible source of American soft power The international students we educate at places like my institution, Harvard Kennedy School, bring their educational experiences to their home countries in ways that greatly enhance US interests

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Soviet Union level government overreach. Disgraceful.

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A coalition of Jewish groups warns that the Trump administration stripping international students of visas under the guise of fighting antisemitism actually makes Jews less safe and undermines the rule of law.

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“It was a rare example of a university upstaging the Trump administration’s campaign …”’ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...

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After X’s repressive actions, hundreds of thousands in Turkey joined Bluesky, seeking a freer space. Reports of government censorship here are deeply troubling. Don’t squander this trust. This is a critical moment for principled leadership—not silent compromise. @jay.bsky.team

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“populists … create a discourse that empowers. The liberal discourse says: “You can’t do that, that’s stupid”. Clearly, that's not motivating.” By @casmudde

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Our research shows that ending birthright citizenship "would cause serious harm…to the entire United States." It is my honor to join with 95 other social scientists, all of us specialists in US immigration, in signing this new Amicus Curiae brief. ☞ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Hot Takes on Harvard Doing the Right Thing My initial thoughts on Harvard saying no to authoritarianism... open.substack.com/pub/ryandeno...

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The headline pretty much sums it up. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/marco-rubi...

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Plenty of complaints about Harvard over the years, but a proud Harvard alum today. wapo.st/4cH9vy3

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Harvard says no to Trump.

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Harvard stands up Letter to the Harvard community from President Garber

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Yes! Harvard rejects Trump's demands. This is very good news. The Trump administration's demands in its latest letter were so outrageous (see below) that this was the only thing that could have been done. www.harvard.edu/research-fun...

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Three minutes of reading that encapsulate everything we're fighting for in higher education right now.

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Folks in the Boston area, we (@harvardrte.bsky.social) are hosting a panel discussion tomorrow with regional leaders at the forefront of building tech ecosystems in Colorado and Wyoming, Chicago, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sign up here: www.hks.harvard.edu/events/ameri...

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The exemptions come days after U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told senators that “the president has been clear with me and with others that he does not intend to have exclusions and exemptions.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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It is now official policy of the US Presidency to 1) annex the entire nation of Canada, 2) invade our NATO ally Denmark, and 3) hold the sovereignty of El Salvador to be more immaculate than the mother of Jesus.

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BREAKING: Last night, the Harvard faculty chapter of the AAUP and the national AAUP filed a lawsuit & TRO to block the Trump administration from illegally demanding that we keep quiet and change how we teach and research at the point of a financial gun. actionnetwork.org/user_files/u...

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A post-Trump Truth and Reconciliation Commission ain't gonna be enough to rectify the injustices of these four years. I want criminal prosecutions.

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