Daniel Kuehn

@dkuehn.bsky.social

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Research on apprenticeship, workforce development, and history of economics

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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 5d

New paper on W.H. Hutt's analysis of Nazi economic policy in two unpublished lectures. Hutt provides a nice case study for thinking about the diversity of neoliberal thinking on "liberal dictators." His analysis is idiosyncratic, which I think makes it interesting!

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 5h

Or maybe the Epstein files are so devastating that it will dominate through the midterms… hope for a grand strategy that probably will never be. But at the very least real suffering will be alleviated.

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 6h

Part of me wonders if they were expecting the Republicans to cave so they’d have the moral high ground. I don’t know, man. Life is too crazy right now for me to properly make heads or tails of this.

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 6h

I desperately want this to end. It’s stupid, it hurts people, it’s a gigantic waste, and yes it affects me personally. I have a lot of sympathy for Senate Dems in that sense. But the timing is weird. A week ago I would not expect them to be the ones caving.

scott topics™️ @scottpb.bsky.social · 12h

Yup, pretty much sums it up

Skater Nancy Kerrigan standing on the sidelines, after a good practice…unbeknownst to her, Tonya Harding lurks behind her lol

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 7h

We got to perform this at the Folger Theatre in DC. A bunch of elementary schools got to do their Shakespeare performances. I remember thinking that was a huge deal. A real theater, Shakespeare experts wanting us to come.

That’s good stuff, it’s so easy to elevate a child. We should do it more.

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 7h

Arlington, VA, 1995.

A Macbeth performance for the ages.

Reposted by Daniel Kuehn, Jason Williams

Michael Baym @baym.lol · 8h

PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown

Reposted by Daniel Kuehn

scott topics™️ @scottpb.bsky.social · 12h

Yup, pretty much sums it up

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 1d

Argh. Can you share details?

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 1d

We are fine and have a cushion and assets after that, but even so it’s still incredibly frustrating and nerve wracking to go for over a month with our income cut in half. I can’t imagine how hard it is for federal workers in more vulnerable circumstances.

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not sure that this is a bad idea but if you passed a law guaranteeing back pay you don’t need a new law to “ensure” that back pay.

Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 1d

My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:

"I have long said that to earn my vote, we need to be on a path toward fixing Republicans’ health care mess and to protect the federal workforce.

This deal guarantees a vote to extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, which Republicans weren’t willing to do. Lawmakers know their constituents expect them to vote for it, and if they don’t, they could very well be replaced at the ballot box by someone who will.

This legislation will protect federal workers from baseless firings, reinstate those who have been wrongfully terminated during the shutdown, and ensure federal workers receive back pay, as required by a law I got passed in 2019. That’s a critical step that will help federal employees and all Americans who rely on government services. I’ll keep working towards a long-term government spending plan that includes critical priorities to support Virginians and funding for Virginia community projects."

Reposted by John McLaren, Rosemary A. Joyce, David R. Miller , and 2 more John McLaren, Rosemary A. Joyce, David R. Miller, Daniel Kuehn, James M. Thomas

Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 1d

My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:

Reposted by Martin Tomko, Daniel Kuehn, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 2 more Martin Tomko, Daniel Kuehn, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Virginia Sapiro, Peter Bergman

Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 1d

Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.

ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 2d

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Nandita Sharma, Will Jennings , and 9 more Steven Heydemann, Nandita Sharma, Will Jennings, Tom Shakespeare, Ian Campbell, Robert C. Richards, Alan Richardson, Stacy D. VanDeveer, James Goodwin, Daniel Kuehn, Charles T. Mathewes, Nathan P. Kalmoe

m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 2d

incredible new trump photo

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 3d

I’m honestly starting to wonder if Mike Johnson is in the Epstein files!

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 3d

Gang members is harder because it's so age dependent and if the google result of 1 million gang members is just applied naively, it seems like these 17 gang members are a somewhat higher percent than you'd get with a random sample. But the point remains: this is just a broad, untargeted sweep.

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 3d

Googling suggests 3% of men in a community are sexual predators so if "over a dozen" out of 1,500 are sexual predators that's probably (depending on what "over a dozen" means) lower than national rates, and certainly not significantly higher.

Reposted by Daniel Kuehn

Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 3d

Article: W. E. B. Du Bois, Harvard Economics, and Marginalist Wage Theory, by Daniel Kuehn
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 4d

Obviously things were bad but I was still struck by how mad and dismissive he was. I also remember thinking he missed the point of it being a “long” arc. But he had a point, akin to “in the long run we’re all dead”. He went on to emphasize that none of this was handed to us you have to work for it.

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 4d

After the Unite the Right rally my mentor - a Jewish man who lost family in the Holocaust - referenced Obama’s penchant for quoting MLK and said bluntly “I don’t know what they’re talking about, there’s no fucking arc of history and it certainly doesn’t always bend towards justice.”

Paul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 4d

One big shift in my thinking in response to our fascist era is that my view of progress is fundamentally changed. I believe progress is possible, but never permanent, always vulnerable. @aselrod.bsky.social on the rightwing movement to remove women from public life is a case in point.

Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment

The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.

www.liberalcurrents.com

Reposted by Daniel Kuehn

Paul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 4d

Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment

The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.

www.liberalcurrents.com

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 4d

It seems good that Musk is such a dweeb, imagine if he were actually impressive or commendable as a person. You’d have a lot more people justifying obscene inequality if he were a decent guy.

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Jonathan A. Eisen, Alan Richardson , and 5 more Joanna Bryson, Jonathan A. Eisen, Alan Richardson, James Goodwin, Daniel Kuehn, Nelson Flores, Manisha Sinha, Southern Africa

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 4d

There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA

Reposted by Jonathan A. Eisen, Juan Cole, Daniel Kuehn , and 1 more Jonathan A. Eisen, Juan Cole, Daniel Kuehn, Nelson Flores

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 4d

This stuff cascades too. Once the dam breaks, there's no going back. Hard to say precisely what that gets us. Perhaps not enough independence to get impeachment votes. But it's definitely better than what we have now.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

screenshot from Politico article linked below:

"“If you don’t terminate the filibuster, you’ll be in bad shape,” he told them over breakfast in the State Dining Room.

It was classic Trump dominance theater, like many other occasions this year where he successfully muscled recalcitrant Republicans to confirm controversial nominees, support divisive policies and enact sweeping domestic policy legislation.

But upon returning to the Capitol, the senators made it very clear: They planned to blow Trump off. One GOP senator, Mike Rounds of South Dakota, laughed out loud when asked about the anti-filibuster push.

Welcome to the dawn of Trump’s lame duck era."

Reposted by Daniel Kuehn

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 4d

Magness's only interest in Du Bois is the ridiculous idea that he was a crypto-Nazi so hopefully I have dodged his focal period by a few decades.

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 4d

My paper on W.E.B. Du Bois and marginalist wage theory is out at the Journal of Economic Perspectives!

This was a fun and fascinating paper to write. I’ll try to do a thread on it soon.

www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Retrospectives: W. E. B. Du Bois, Harvard Economics, and Marginalist Wage Theory

(Fall 2025) - W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) is best known as a sociologist, historian, and civil rights leader, but he is also increasingly appreciated as an economist. Du Bois's work in economics was ...

www.aeaweb.org

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 5d

Achievement unlocked: met Arin Dube in person tonight!

Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 6d

I actually generally disapprove of dancing on someone’s grave in the sense that I won’t confront you for doing it because people are in different places but I do disapprove of it generally.

Being cheeky and clever I’m OK with.

fwiw I also disapprove of whitewashing people at their death.

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