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
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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...
I find this account much more compelling than the one focusing on e-readers. I, for one, will always choose a mass-market paperback. I just like them more. But they are almost impossible to find!
For those of you who were keeping up with the mass market mess, here is a more informative article.
Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.
boingboing.net/2026/02/10/t...
Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.
boingboing.net/2026/02/10/t...
The mass market paperback is vanishing
The mass market paperback — born in 1935, boomed after WWII — is vanishing from airports, drugstores, and groceries.
boingboing.net
February 12, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I find this account much more compelling than the one focusing on e-readers. I, for one, will always choose a mass-market paperback. I just like them more. But they are almost impossible to find!
So true! Easiest conversation I ever had with my kids.
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
So true! Easiest conversation I ever had with my kids.
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🚨Scholarship! Andrew Edwards's new book explores the monetary roots of the American Revolution. Uncovering an often forgotten history, it shows how debates about who could make money and how, as well as the distributional implications of those choices, shaped colonists' claims to self-determination.
Current ScholarshipMoney and the Making of the American Revolution
Andrew David Edwards
justmoney.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
🚨Scholarship! Andrew Edwards's new book explores the monetary roots of the American Revolution. Uncovering an often forgotten history, it shows how debates about who could make money and how, as well as the distributional implications of those choices, shaped colonists' claims to self-determination.
Same
February 8, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Same
Bring them back!!! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Bring them back!!! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
Why haven't the Feds done this yet?
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Why haven't the Feds done this yet?
Finally got around to listening to it, and this is the best podcast episode I've listened to in ages! Best analysis I've seen of AI and global politics hands down.
The Dig you’ve been waiting for to understand the political economy of AI as it becomes fulcrum of global contests and conflicts over economic and military dominance. My interview w/ @nsrnicek.bsky.social on his book Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI www.thedigradio.com/podcast/sili...
Silicon Empires w/ Nick Srnicek
Nick Srnicek on Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI. A deep exploration of the political economy of AI: the fulcrum of the authoritarian tech oligarchy—and of global contests for economic ...
www.thedigradio.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Finally got around to listening to it, and this is the best podcast episode I've listened to in ages! Best analysis I've seen of AI and global politics hands down.
This was a phenomenal game! If, like me, your feel intense nostalgia for old Sierra games, imagine them with autosave! Game changer
The Crimson Diamond is 25% off for Steam Typing Fest 2026! 🎉⌨️ It's a text parser cozy mystery adventure set in early 1900s Canada! If you've never typed "open door" to open a door, this may be the perfect time to see if your brain is wired to love that! ❤️🔥🧠 store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/...
February 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
This was a phenomenal game! If, like me, your feel intense nostalgia for old Sierra games, imagine them with autosave! Game changer
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I'm honored to serve as one of the cochairs of the Program Committee for the 2026 American Society for Legal History Conference in Banff, Canada! The CFP is now available. Please consider submitting a proposal! aslh.net/2026-annual-... #ASLH #legalhistory
2026 Annual Meeting Call for Papers | American Society for Legal History
Call for Papers 2026 American Society for Legal History Annual Meeting (November 12 - 14, 2026) The Program Committee of the American Society for Legal History invites proposals for the 2026 meeting t...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm honored to serve as one of the cochairs of the Program Committee for the 2026 American Society for Legal History Conference in Banff, Canada! The CFP is now available. Please consider submitting a proposal! aslh.net/2026-annual-... #ASLH #legalhistory
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Legal history people: the ASLH conference will be in the Canadian Rockies in Nov.2026! Panel proposals are due March 24, 2026. The Call links to google sheets where you can find co-panelists & chair-commentators 👇 You can @ me if you're looking for fellow panelists, too.
I'm honored to serve as one of the cochairs of the Program Committee for the 2026 American Society for Legal History Conference in Banff, Canada! The CFP is now available. Please consider submitting a proposal! aslh.net/2026-annual-... #ASLH #legalhistory
2026 Annual Meeting Call for Papers | American Society for Legal History
Call for Papers 2026 American Society for Legal History Annual Meeting (November 12 - 14, 2026) The Program Committee of the American Society for Legal History invites proposals for the 2026 meeting t...
aslh.net
February 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Legal history people: the ASLH conference will be in the Canadian Rockies in Nov.2026! Panel proposals are due March 24, 2026. The Call links to google sheets where you can find co-panelists & chair-commentators 👇 You can @ me if you're looking for fellow panelists, too.
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📣 New scholarship on JM :despite a high degree of convergence within the global central banking community, climate change has generated sharply contrasting approaches. The piece explores the "politics of divergence" between the Fed and the ECB : justmoney.org/why-the-fed-...
Current ScholarshipWhy the Fed and ECB parted ways on climate change: The politics of divergence in the global central banking community
Monica DiLeo, Glenn D Rudebusch, and Jens van ’t Klooster
justmoney.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
📣 New scholarship on JM :despite a high degree of convergence within the global central banking community, climate change has generated sharply contrasting approaches. The piece explores the "politics of divergence" between the Fed and the ECB : justmoney.org/why-the-fed-...
Not a fan of the Atlantic, but this article is just fantastic. The most common comment in my student reviews has been that they enjoyed where I taught socratic method with no slides. (Big caveat: I do very nice, supportive socratic! There are no attempts to embarass students in my method!)
“At some point over the past 15 years, kids stopped reading”—but that’s because not enough teachers are asking them to, Walt Hunter writes:
C’mon, Professors, Assign the Hard Reading
College kids aren’t reading novels—but that’s because not enough teachers are asking them to.
bit.ly
February 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Not a fan of the Atlantic, but this article is just fantastic. The most common comment in my student reviews has been that they enjoyed where I taught socratic method with no slides. (Big caveat: I do very nice, supportive socratic! There are no attempts to embarass students in my method!)
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The Montreal Canadiens are playing the Minnesota Wild in Minneapolis tonight. The players have been recommended to stay in/eat at the hotel, take the team bus to the arena, and carry passports.
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Le voyagement est aussi affecté → www.danslescoulisses.com/ice-le-canad...
ICE : le Canadien demande à ses joueurs de ne pas sortir de l’hôtel au Minnesota
Comme vous le savez sans doute, ça brasse malheureusement pas mal au Minnesota. Avec tout ce qui se passe en lien avec la police de l’immigration et les trop nombreux décès qui en découlent…
www.danslescoulisses.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The Montreal Canadiens are playing the Minnesota Wild in Minneapolis tonight. The players have been recommended to stay in/eat at the hotel, take the team bus to the arena, and carry passports.
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Central bank experts help! CBs are typically the state's fiscal agent. What CBs do NOT play this role? I know the ECB is different. I've been told Chile's CB is as well. Others? @nathantankus.bsky.social @proufos.bsky.social @csissoko.bsky.social @petercontibrown.bsky.social @benbraun.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Central bank experts help! CBs are typically the state's fiscal agent. What CBs do NOT play this role? I know the ECB is different. I've been told Chile's CB is as well. Others? @nathantankus.bsky.social @proufos.bsky.social @csissoko.bsky.social @petercontibrown.bsky.social @benbraun.bsky.social
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Requiring good cause for eviction is something that US housing advocates have been fighting for for a long time. Starting in May, it will be the rule for all rental housing in England. www.ft.com/content/c260...
January 30, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Requiring good cause for eviction is something that US housing advocates have been fighting for for a long time. Starting in May, it will be the rule for all rental housing in England. www.ft.com/content/c260...
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* TRUMP: AM NOMINATING KEVIN WARSH TO BE CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:50 AM
* TRUMP: AM NOMINATING KEVIN WARSH TO BE CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
I'm sorry, but Stranger Things should've ended with season 4.
January 29, 2026 at 4:24 AM
I'm sorry, but Stranger Things should've ended with season 4.
The Social Credit Party was the elected govt of Alberta for 36 years. Social Credit Theory believed the capitalist economy systemically and chronically decreased the amount of spending power available, leading to collapsing commodity prices and regular financial crises. /
The Social Credit Party: not even once
Alberta would be as rich as Norway if they were the exact opposite of what Albertans are like
January 29, 2026 at 2:53 AM
The Social Credit Party was the elected govt of Alberta for 36 years. Social Credit Theory believed the capitalist economy systemically and chronically decreased the amount of spending power available, leading to collapsing commodity prices and regular financial crises. /
Why method matters in legal history👇
The thing about the common law is that you can often find whatever you like there if you aren’t concerned to worry about the context in which that law was made.
January 28, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Why method matters in legal history👇
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"Amazon is owned by Jeff Bezos, a billionaire backer of the president," writes Neil Young. “The president's international policies and his support of ICE, make it impossible for me to ignore his actions.”
He also announced that anyone in Greenland can access his entire catalog for free at his site.
He also announced that anyone in Greenland can access his entire catalog for free at his site.
Neil Young Reasserts Amazon Boycott, Gifts Entire Catalog To Greenland
In October, Neil Young pulled his catalog from Amazon Music and called for a boycott. “BUY LOCAL. BUY DIRECT. BEZOS SUPPORTS THIS GOVERNMENT. IT DOES NOT SUPPORT YOU OR ME,” he wrote. Now, he’s reasse...
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January 27, 2026 at 12:38 AM
"Amazon is owned by Jeff Bezos, a billionaire backer of the president," writes Neil Young. “The president's international policies and his support of ICE, make it impossible for me to ignore his actions.”
He also announced that anyone in Greenland can access his entire catalog for free at his site.
He also announced that anyone in Greenland can access his entire catalog for free at his site.
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📢More scholarship! In the 1970s, a struggle over the future of Chilean credit governance ensued as the Unidad Popular government nationalized most commercial banks. Exploring the legal mechanisms used by different parties, Prof. Ahumada reflects on how political forces shape money and banking. 🏦👇
Current ScholarshipThe Political Economy of Credit: The Unidad Popular and the Chilean Central Bank (1970-1973)
Paula Ahumada Franco
justmoney.org
January 26, 2026 at 9:18 PM
📢More scholarship! In the 1970s, a struggle over the future of Chilean credit governance ensued as the Unidad Popular government nationalized most commercial banks. Exploring the legal mechanisms used by different parties, Prof. Ahumada reflects on how political forces shape money and banking. 🏦👇
I know hardly the most important thing going on, but the snow in Toronto is serious
January 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I know hardly the most important thing going on, but the snow in Toronto is serious
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All TDSB schools, sites and administrative buildings (including Child Care centres) will be closed to students and most staff on Monday, January 26, due to ongoing snow removal and a Major Snow Storm Condition and Significant Weather Event declared by the City of Toronto.
January 25, 2026 at 11:05 PM
All TDSB schools, sites and administrative buildings (including Child Care centres) will be closed to students and most staff on Monday, January 26, due to ongoing snow removal and a Major Snow Storm Condition and Significant Weather Event declared by the City of Toronto.
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from what I can see, the video shows a beating followed by an execution.
January 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM
from what I can see, the video shows a beating followed by an execution.