Andrew Elrod
@andrewelrod.bsky.social
historian of wage and price controls in the US of A
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People shouldn't forget that the first domino setting off tonight's capitulation came from the American Federation of Government Employees two weeks ago
Millions of American workers are now going to lose their health care
What ever happened to solidarity?
Millions of American workers are now going to lose their health care
What ever happened to solidarity?
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
People shouldn't forget that the first domino setting off tonight's capitulation came from the American Federation of Government Employees two weeks ago
Millions of American workers are now going to lose their health care
What ever happened to solidarity?
Millions of American workers are now going to lose their health care
What ever happened to solidarity?
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Peters and Ossoff were two of the Gang of Eight, and now that they see the votes were gotten elsewhere and how bad it's playing with the base, they both voted no.
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Peters and Ossoff were two of the Gang of Eight, and now that they see the votes were gotten elsewhere and how bad it's playing with the base, they both voted no.
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Adam Raine’s family is suing OpenAI, so Altman’s lawyers responded by requesting the names and contact info of everyone that attended Adam’s funeral because they are heartless f*cks.
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Adam Raine’s family is suing OpenAI, so Altman’s lawyers responded by requesting the names and contact info of everyone that attended Adam’s funeral because they are heartless f*cks.
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Faculty and staff are fighting for the University and academic freedom. Administrators? Not so much
“A federal judge on Thursday excoriated the Trump administration’s blitz of hardball tactics against elite universities, warning that the government’s threats and investigations were undermining academic freedom at the University of California.”
Trump Pressure Risks Free Speech at University of California, Judge Warns
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Faculty and staff are fighting for the University and academic freedom. Administrators? Not so much
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“What impact will the rent freeze have, then, on the current impasse? Already, the centrality of the demand to the mayoral race has opened up a new chapter in the struggle for a sane housing policy.”
NEW: Cea Weaver on housing politics in New York City
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
NEW: Cea Weaver on housing politics in New York City
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
Stabilization and Speculation | Cea Weaver
Struggles over New York City’s housing policy
www.phenomenalworld.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“What impact will the rent freeze have, then, on the current impasse? Already, the centrality of the demand to the mayoral race has opened up a new chapter in the struggle for a sane housing policy.”
NEW: Cea Weaver on housing politics in New York City
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
NEW: Cea Weaver on housing politics in New York City
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
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“lawmakers struggling to solve the housing problem will fail to do so if they are unable to face the underlying problem of speculation at its root. “
(And not just in the US)
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
(And not just in the US)
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
Stabilization and Speculation | Cea Weaver
Struggles over New York City’s housing policy
www.phenomenalworld.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“lawmakers struggling to solve the housing problem will fail to do so if they are unable to face the underlying problem of speculation at its root. “
(And not just in the US)
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
(And not just in the US)
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
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really great www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
really great www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
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Fascinating background & insight into the real estate politics of the NYC mayoral race: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
Stabilization and Speculation | Cea Weaver
Struggles over New York City’s housing policy
www.phenomenalworld.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Fascinating background & insight into the real estate politics of the NYC mayoral race: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
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If you're looking for a super smart primer on how housing in NYC got so fucked in the first place, Phenomenal World has got you covered!!
An absolute must-read by Cea Weaver!
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
An absolute must-read by Cea Weaver!
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
Stabilization and Speculation | Cea Weaver
Struggles over New York City’s housing policy
www.phenomenalworld.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If you're looking for a super smart primer on how housing in NYC got so fucked in the first place, Phenomenal World has got you covered!!
An absolute must-read by Cea Weaver!
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
An absolute must-read by Cea Weaver!
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
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AI has yet to prove a business case for many firms, but it's already creating some losses through falsified expense reports.
www.ft.com/content/0849...
www.ft.com/content/0849...
‘Do not trust your eyes’: AI generates surge in expense fraud
Business software groups warn that top AI models are increasingly being used to create ultra-realistic fake receipts
www.ft.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
AI has yet to prove a business case for many firms, but it's already creating some losses through falsified expense reports.
www.ft.com/content/0849...
www.ft.com/content/0849...
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"I went ballistic," said a tenant of a Crown Heights building where power was cut, owing to Pinnacle's $10,350 in unpaid bills. "We have tenants here that are very sick, in their 80s and 90s, that need the ambulance to come and take them up and down the steps."
Bankrupt Pinnacle Group Is Leaving Its Tenants in the Dark—Literally
The real estate behemoth apparently isn't paying the power bills for at least 11 of its properties, and Con Ed cut power to some of them.
hellgatenyc.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"I went ballistic," said a tenant of a Crown Heights building where power was cut, owing to Pinnacle's $10,350 in unpaid bills. "We have tenants here that are very sick, in their 80s and 90s, that need the ambulance to come and take them up and down the steps."
The Syrian civil war, the longest of the Arab Spring uprisings from 2011. It ended last year and it seems like we are ignoring what it meant and how it’s shaped the future of Syria. This piece was a bracing reminder and haunting forecast. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/syr...
Syrian Continuity | Phenomenal World
A general finding in the study of rebel politics is that groups that come to power without a clear hegemonic position within the rebel movement are vulnerable to spoilers or coups d’etat that push the...
www.phenomenalworld.org
October 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Syrian civil war, the longest of the Arab Spring uprisings from 2011. It ended last year and it seems like we are ignoring what it meant and how it’s shaped the future of Syria. This piece was a bracing reminder and haunting forecast. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/syr...
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The richest Americans control $46 trillion in wealth—but many pay little or no federal tax.
👉 youtu.be/aLKacgW6YOI 👀
@bostoncollege.bsky.social professor Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax code has built a new aristocracy in her new book "The Second Estate" from @uchicagopress.bsky.social
👉 youtu.be/aLKacgW6YOI 👀
@bostoncollege.bsky.social professor Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax code has built a new aristocracy in her new book "The Second Estate" from @uchicagopress.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The richest Americans control $46 trillion in wealth—but many pay little or no federal tax.
👉 youtu.be/aLKacgW6YOI 👀
@bostoncollege.bsky.social professor Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax code has built a new aristocracy in her new book "The Second Estate" from @uchicagopress.bsky.social
👉 youtu.be/aLKacgW6YOI 👀
@bostoncollege.bsky.social professor Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax code has built a new aristocracy in her new book "The Second Estate" from @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Trump demolishing part of the White House and people complaining is the perfect metaphor. We can’t go back and yet people still lament.
October 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Trump demolishing part of the White House and people complaining is the perfect metaphor. We can’t go back and yet people still lament.
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@seiu.org -- one of America's most effective and dynamic unions -- is hiring a National Policy Director.
recruiting.ultipro.com/SER1005SEIU/...
recruiting.ultipro.com/SER1005SEIU/...
recruiting.ultipro.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
@seiu.org -- one of America's most effective and dynamic unions -- is hiring a National Policy Director.
recruiting.ultipro.com/SER1005SEIU/...
recruiting.ultipro.com/SER1005SEIU/...
WSJ interviews a No Kings participant.
October 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
WSJ interviews a No Kings participant.
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There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
The reasons the new PTA movie works as well as it does are extremely depressing to think about
October 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The reasons the new PTA movie works as well as it does are extremely depressing to think about
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meanwhile, "alarm" is being raised about "lax lending standards" in corporate debt ...
on.ft.com/3KjXwMY
on.ft.com/3KjXwMY
September 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
meanwhile, "alarm" is being raised about "lax lending standards" in corporate debt ...
on.ft.com/3KjXwMY
on.ft.com/3KjXwMY
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I've shared news of the book before, but there are also interviews at Phenomenal World and the University of Chicago Press blog
www.phenomenalworld.org/interviews/d...
pressblog.uchicago.edu/2025/09/18/5... (2/2)
www.phenomenalworld.org/interviews/d...
pressblog.uchicago.edu/2025/09/18/5... (2/2)
Land Value Politics | Kim Phillips-Fein
An interview with Daniel Wortel-London
www.phenomenalworld.org
September 20, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I've shared news of the book before, but there are also interviews at Phenomenal World and the University of Chicago Press blog
www.phenomenalworld.org/interviews/d...
pressblog.uchicago.edu/2025/09/18/5... (2/2)
www.phenomenalworld.org/interviews/d...
pressblog.uchicago.edu/2025/09/18/5... (2/2)
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Mike Glass and I argue for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social that we’ve tried the #abundance incentive-based approach to housing crises before. But lack of oversight + incentives produced fraud, profiteering, and inflated rents -- and the Trump family fortune.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/add...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/add...
Adding Value | Phenomenal World
Mortgage insurance has traditionally been the method the federal government has used to induce investment in owner-occupied housing. But for multifamily rentals, the history of mortgage-insurance prog...
www.phenomenalworld.org
September 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Mike Glass and I argue for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social that we’ve tried the #abundance incentive-based approach to housing crises before. But lack of oversight + incentives produced fraud, profiteering, and inflated rents -- and the Trump family fortune.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/add...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/add...
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Great piece from @brentcebul.bsky.social and Michael Glass on the limits of subsidy-driven housing development www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/add...
September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Great piece from @brentcebul.bsky.social and Michael Glass on the limits of subsidy-driven housing development www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/add...