Dan Rohde
@danrohde.bsky.social
Assist Prof Windsor Law | legal history of money, banking and central banking, especially in Canada | LPE/Const Approach to Money | co-ed @justmoney.bsky.social | sjd harvard law | Papers: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2799391
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Dan Rohde
@danrohde.bsky.social
· Sep 12
Who is a central bank for? The founding and legal design of the Bank of Canada1
Abstract. The Bank of Canada is an independent Crown corporation that sees its primary responsibility to be promoting Canada’s economic welfare by maintain
academic.oup.com
A thread on my new paper published in the American Journal for Legal History, which offers the first ever legal history of the @bankofcanada.ca's founding: academic.oup.com/ajlh/advance...
Perfect capture of all the AI bullshit being shoved down our throats!
Microplastics are here to stay; that's why we need to eat them responsibly in the classroom
December 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Perfect capture of all the AI bullshit being shoved down our throats!
Love this! www.torontotoday.ca/local/senior...
Brothers complete quest to visit all 100 Toronto Public Library branches citywide
These brothers visited all 100 Toronto public library branches in five months. Why?
www.torontotoday.ca
December 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Love this! www.torontotoday.ca/local/senior...
Generally, Bluesky is a boring tepid place, but, once in a while, it delivers
I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Generally, Bluesky is a boring tepid place, but, once in a while, it delivers
Ok!
If you begin Star Trek: Voyager episode Spirit Folk at exactly 11:49:35 on New Year's Eve, Ensign Harry Kim will kiss a cow as the clock strikes midnight. Join in a very dumb annual tradition and start 2026 off on the right hoof.
December 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Ok!
As a New School alum, this is really too bad. Let's hope the university can still change course.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Falling Enrollment, Money Woes: The New School Seeks a Path to Survival
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
As a New School alum, this is really too bad. Let's hope the university can still change course.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
This is such a basic point
Standard inflation analysis reduces inflation to a single aggregate index. This conceals that inflation is often triggered by price shocks and that consumption baskets differ systematically across income groups, producing unequal inflation burdens. 2/16
December 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is such a basic point
Shameful!
Ontario cafe lays off entire staff months after they unionized share.google/l6RSm4PhOoBJ...
Ontario cafe lays off entire staff months after they unionized share.google/l6RSm4PhOoBJ...
Ontario cafe lays off entire staff months after they unionized
Staff at an Ontario cafe are seeking help from the community after the cafe was shut down weeks before the holidays — but the timing of the closure i…
share.google
December 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Shameful!
Ontario cafe lays off entire staff months after they unionized share.google/l6RSm4PhOoBJ...
Ontario cafe lays off entire staff months after they unionized share.google/l6RSm4PhOoBJ...
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I wrote about a conference marking the culmination of tens of millions of dollars of philanthropic spending to transcend neoliberalism. lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I wrote about a conference marking the culmination of tens of millions of dollars of philanthropic spending to transcend neoliberalism. lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...
Ha!
too funny. the Victims of Communism memorial now won’t show any names because too many of them could be linked to nazis. this thing never should have been built — and should still be removed!
Government retreats on Victims of Communism memorial names in aftermath of Nazi controversy
Historians raised alarms years ago. Ottawa changed course only after the memorial opened.
ottawacitizen.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Ha!
I love my job. I truly do. But good God do I hate grading!
December 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I love my job. I truly do. But good God do I hate grading!
Reposted by Dan Rohde
Reposted by Dan Rohde
Today, @rohangrey.bsky.social kicks off a series on the law and political economy of cryptocurrency, by considering the Left's missed opportunities and explaining how it can reclaim control over the future of money.
How the Left Lost the Plot on Crypto (and How to Find it Again)
The story of crypto’s transformation from cypherpunk experiment to Wall Street darling is bleak, but it was not preordained. Where did the left go wrong, and how can it reassert itself in shaping the…
lpeproject.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Today, @rohangrey.bsky.social kicks off a series on the law and political economy of cryptocurrency, by considering the Left's missed opportunities and explaining how it can reclaim control over the future of money.
Reposted by Dan Rohde
Every few years, the WSJ rediscovers that companies are staying private longer due to the ready availability of private capital (and the loosened securities rules that allow companies to access it):
2015: www.wsj.com/articles/mor...
2015: www.wsj.com/articles/mor...
More Startups Aim to Keep It Private
Wall Street is dealing with new challenges in one of its bedrock businesses, taking young companies public, as more startups choose to stay private longer.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Every few years, the WSJ rediscovers that companies are staying private longer due to the ready availability of private capital (and the loosened securities rules that allow companies to access it):
2015: www.wsj.com/articles/mor...
2015: www.wsj.com/articles/mor...
Reposted by Dan Rohde
⬇️⬇️ opportunity for all of us new school community members & alumni to hear from faculty directly
thanks @aaup.org for putting this together
thanks @aaup.org for putting this together
Our most recent AAUP TV episode, "Fighting Extreme Austerity Attacks at The New School," features faculty from AAUP TNS who discuss the ongoing crisis at The New School and how organized higher ed workers are fighting back.
Full episode here👇
Full episode here👇
Fighting Extreme Austerity Attacks at The New School
YouTube video by TheAAUP
youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
⬇️⬇️ opportunity for all of us new school community members & alumni to hear from faculty directly
thanks @aaup.org for putting this together
thanks @aaup.org for putting this together
And how often free coffee is made available
if i were developing an alternative law school ranking one important factor would be natural light in the library reading rooms
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
And how often free coffee is made available
Wow, Lon Fuller is really channelling his inner Coase in this footnote. (And it was published exactly a year before Theory of the Firm.)
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Wow, Lon Fuller is really channelling his inner Coase in this footnote. (And it was published exactly a year before Theory of the Firm.)
I support this because I already do this
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I support this because I already do this
I'm very sad I can't make it to this conference!
And there is still time (three days!) to register to attend the first annual conference, which will feature over 300 emerging and established scholars!
ALPE Conference Registration
Registration for the Association of Law and Political Economy's Inaugural Conference.
February 6-7, 2026.
Downtown Richmond Marriott -- 500 East Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219.
Registration opens on Oc...
docs.google.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm very sad I can't make it to this conference!
Reposted by Dan Rohde
Today, a call to join the next era of LPE: a democratic, independent, member-led organization that will serve as a home for a broad array of LPE work.
LPE 2.0: A New Association to Meet the Times
As the Trump administration attempts to suppress critical inquiry and operate outside of conventional legal boundaries, the work of LPE scholars, organizers, and practitioners has never been more…
lpeproject.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Today, a call to join the next era of LPE: a democratic, independent, member-led organization that will serve as a home for a broad array of LPE work.
Reposted by Dan Rohde
A new era for LPE — a more democratic one, not subject to university administrators and not reliant on funder money.
LPE lfg
lpeproject.org/blog/lpe-2-0...
LPE lfg
lpeproject.org/blog/lpe-2-0...
LPE 2.0: A New Association to Meet the Times
As the Trump administration attempts to suppress critical inquiry and operate outside of conventional legal boundaries, the work of LPE scholars, organizers, and practitioners has never been more…
lpeproject.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A new era for LPE — a more democratic one, not subject to university administrators and not reliant on funder money.
LPE lfg
lpeproject.org/blog/lpe-2-0...
LPE lfg
lpeproject.org/blog/lpe-2-0...
Same.
I've become deeply radicalized against gambling. It's just getting more evil the longer it's allowed to fester unregulated
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Same.
RIP Frank Gehry - a Toronto legend who actually went to my kids' elementary school. They have framed pictures up in the office of when we visited back in 2004.
December 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
RIP Frank Gehry - a Toronto legend who actually went to my kids' elementary school. They have framed pictures up in the office of when we visited back in 2004.
Looking at the schedule, and feeling some serious FOMO. This conference looks truly legendary
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Looking at the schedule, and feeling some serious FOMO. This conference looks truly legendary