Edo Navot
@edonavot.bsky.social
Sociologist UF & economist
US DOL 🤷♂️. Discrimination, inequality, labor, stratification. One foot in heterodox econ. Dad of 4. Personal account.
US DOL 🤷♂️. Discrimination, inequality, labor, stratification. One foot in heterodox econ. Dad of 4. Personal account.
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There's a different way.
News is a public good and so the market will undersupply it.
It should be subsidized and Americans can each decide which media institutions they want to support.
democracypolicy.network/agenda/stron...
News is a public good and so the market will undersupply it.
It should be subsidized and Americans can each decide which media institutions they want to support.
democracypolicy.network/agenda/stron...
January 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
There's a different way.
News is a public good and so the market will undersupply it.
It should be subsidized and Americans can each decide which media institutions they want to support.
democracypolicy.network/agenda/stron...
News is a public good and so the market will undersupply it.
It should be subsidized and Americans can each decide which media institutions they want to support.
democracypolicy.network/agenda/stron...
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Remember: news was subsidized since America’s founding via Media Mail, designed to support sending physical newspapers & magazines. When news went digital that subsidy didn’t apply, so news effectively lost its subsidy w/ the digital change. It never did pay for itself & needs new support to thrive.
There's a different way.
News is a public good and so the market will undersupply it.
It should be subsidized and Americans can each decide which media institutions they want to support.
democracypolicy.network/agenda/stron...
News is a public good and so the market will undersupply it.
It should be subsidized and Americans can each decide which media institutions they want to support.
democracypolicy.network/agenda/stron...
February 7, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Remember: news was subsidized since America’s founding via Media Mail, designed to support sending physical newspapers & magazines. When news went digital that subsidy didn’t apply, so news effectively lost its subsidy w/ the digital change. It never did pay for itself & needs new support to thrive.
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I talked with @victorerikray.bsky.social about the repression we’re facing at public universities here in Florida, where the state is attempting to impose a textbook on our intro classes, insisting that no published textbook complies with state law.
Here’s Part 1. Part 2 drops next week.
Here’s Part 1. Part 2 drops next week.
What's the Matter with Florida? An Interview with Zachary Levenson
A discussion about Florida's censorship of sociology and teaching under authoritarianism
groupthreat.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I talked with @victorerikray.bsky.social about the repression we’re facing at public universities here in Florida, where the state is attempting to impose a textbook on our intro classes, insisting that no published textbook complies with state law.
Here’s Part 1. Part 2 drops next week.
Here’s Part 1. Part 2 drops next week.
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I guess it makes sense that as universities transformed into real estate & hedge fund profiles controlled by a growing class of asset managers w/ no meaningful academic expertise, the preferred outputs wd come to resemble airport leadership books & bullshit Ted talks— but man, what are we doing here
February 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I guess it makes sense that as universities transformed into real estate & hedge fund profiles controlled by a growing class of asset managers w/ no meaningful academic expertise, the preferred outputs wd come to resemble airport leadership books & bullshit Ted talks— but man, what are we doing here
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concept: a feed that's For You for N minutes, after which it shows you increasingly Not For You posts to get you to log off
February 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM
concept: a feed that's For You for N minutes, after which it shows you increasingly Not For You posts to get you to log off
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
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Statler and Waldorf have more of a comment than a question
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Statler and Waldorf have more of a comment than a question
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As a non-academic, the arguments with respect to grade that I see basically fall into two categories:
1) we did things better in the past, so let's return to it
2) I find it hard now to use grades as signals
I find neither to be a compelling argument for "let's restrict the proportion of As"
1) we did things better in the past, so let's return to it
2) I find it hard now to use grades as signals
I find neither to be a compelling argument for "let's restrict the proportion of As"
February 6, 2026 at 11:57 PM
As a non-academic, the arguments with respect to grade that I see basically fall into two categories:
1) we did things better in the past, so let's return to it
2) I find it hard now to use grades as signals
I find neither to be a compelling argument for "let's restrict the proportion of As"
1) we did things better in the past, so let's return to it
2) I find it hard now to use grades as signals
I find neither to be a compelling argument for "let's restrict the proportion of As"
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Several corrections were made to the Cumulative Data File and new data is available for download from the study page.
electionstudies.org/data-center/...
electionstudies.org/data-center/...
February 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Several corrections were made to the Cumulative Data File and new data is available for download from the study page.
electionstudies.org/data-center/...
electionstudies.org/data-center/...
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New report out by yours truly @clasp.org !!
ICE Activity in Trump 2.0 is Increasing Employment and Decreasing Full-Time School Enrollment for Teens in Mixed-Status Families
www.clasp.org/publications...
ICE Activity in Trump 2.0 is Increasing Employment and Decreasing Full-Time School Enrollment for Teens in Mixed-Status Families
www.clasp.org/publications...
February 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
New report out by yours truly @clasp.org !!
ICE Activity in Trump 2.0 is Increasing Employment and Decreasing Full-Time School Enrollment for Teens in Mixed-Status Families
www.clasp.org/publications...
ICE Activity in Trump 2.0 is Increasing Employment and Decreasing Full-Time School Enrollment for Teens in Mixed-Status Families
www.clasp.org/publications...
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Sam Wang—neuroscientist, Princeton professor, democracy reformer, gerrymandering nemesis—is running for Congress. From mapping brains to fixing maps. New Jersey is on the clock.
Sam Wang for New Jersey | Join the Democratic Reform Movement
Support Sam Wang's campaign for a fair, transparent, and accountable government in New Jersey. Join the movement to reform democracy and challenge gerrymandering.
buff.ly
February 5, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Sam Wang—neuroscientist, Princeton professor, democracy reformer, gerrymandering nemesis—is running for Congress. From mapping brains to fixing maps. New Jersey is on the clock.
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Breaking Bad!
February 5, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Breaking Bad!
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I mean, all of these analyses present correlation as causation. The entire year of this has made me feel like I was taking crazy pills. Their response has been “ah you’re obsessed with complex academic minutiae like this ivory tower idea that ‘correlation is not causation’”
basically yglesias, jain, jentleson, WelcomePAC donors etc all base their prescriptions for Dems on a statistical model that nobody can replicate, and refuse to acknowledge (a) that uncertainty dwarfs the detectable effect of moderation & (b) that the last year has proved their views wrong!!
February 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I mean, all of these analyses present correlation as causation. The entire year of this has made me feel like I was taking crazy pills. Their response has been “ah you’re obsessed with complex academic minutiae like this ivory tower idea that ‘correlation is not causation’”
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My manuscript "The Economics of Noncompete Clauses" is now out in the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
Few topics have garnered more debate and policy attention over the last few years. This article brings us up to speed on the debate and the current answers.
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
Few topics have garnered more debate and policy attention over the last few years. This article brings us up to speed on the debate and the current answers.
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
February 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
My manuscript "The Economics of Noncompete Clauses" is now out in the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
Few topics have garnered more debate and policy attention over the last few years. This article brings us up to speed on the debate and the current answers.
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
Few topics have garnered more debate and policy attention over the last few years. This article brings us up to speed on the debate and the current answers.
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
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@ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social wrote, imo, the best practical sociology-journal-writing pieces of advice out there.
assets.super.so/6b4b5d92-904...
His second part came out in 2015. Has any sociologist done anything like this in the last decade?
assets.super.so/6b4b5d92-904...
His second part came out in 2015. Has any sociologist done anything like this in the last decade?
February 4, 2026 at 5:52 PM
@ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social wrote, imo, the best practical sociology-journal-writing pieces of advice out there.
assets.super.so/6b4b5d92-904...
His second part came out in 2015. Has any sociologist done anything like this in the last decade?
assets.super.so/6b4b5d92-904...
His second part came out in 2015. Has any sociologist done anything like this in the last decade?
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Women are rated lower on potential despite receiving higher performance ratings, accounting for approx. half of the gender promotion gap. "Women's lower potential ratings do not reflect accurate forecasts of future performance" as they then outperform men www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... #EconSky
"Potential" and the Gender Promotion Gap
(February 2026) - We show that subjective assessments of employee "potential" contribute to gender gaps in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a large retail chain,...
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February 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Women are rated lower on potential despite receiving higher performance ratings, accounting for approx. half of the gender promotion gap. "Women's lower potential ratings do not reflect accurate forecasts of future performance" as they then outperform men www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... #EconSky
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Documenting and characterizing a new history of US federal-level industrial policies by scanning all 12,167 Congressional Acts and 6,030 Presidential Orders from 1973 through 2022, from Jiandong Ju, Yuankun Li, and Shang-Jin Wei www.nber.org/papers/w34744
January 31, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Documenting and characterizing a new history of US federal-level industrial policies by scanning all 12,167 Congressional Acts and 6,030 Presidential Orders from 1973 through 2022, from Jiandong Ju, Yuankun Li, and Shang-Jin Wei www.nber.org/papers/w34744
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The Dept. of Appearing to Take Things Rather Seriously While Wearing a Navy Sport Coat and No Tie is actively searching for a Dean of Comfortably Ordering Wine in a DC Steakhouse Where Denny Hastert Used to Sit Right Over There. The position will pay $580,000. The history department is abolished
Yale is launching a new Presidential Senior Fellowship to expand access to the transformative work of universities. As part of this program, author and columnist David Brooks will join the Jackson School of Global Affairs starting February 1.
Read more in Yale News: bit.ly/49QpJoY
Read more in Yale News: bit.ly/49QpJoY
January 29, 2026 at 9:45 PM
The Dept. of Appearing to Take Things Rather Seriously While Wearing a Navy Sport Coat and No Tie is actively searching for a Dean of Comfortably Ordering Wine in a DC Steakhouse Where Denny Hastert Used to Sit Right Over There. The position will pay $580,000. The history department is abolished
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Now out in Sociological Science
(How) do sociologists use GenAI for their research? Find out in our paper.
Written with @ajalvero.bsky.social @dustinstoltz.com and Marshall Taylor. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey!!
(How) do sociologists use GenAI for their research? Find out in our paper.
Written with @ajalvero.bsky.social @dustinstoltz.com and Marshall Taylor. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey!!
Generative AI in Sociological Research: State of the Discipline
Article: Generative AI in Sociological Research: State of the Discipline | Sociological Science | Posted January 20, 2026
sociologicalscience.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Now out in Sociological Science
(How) do sociologists use GenAI for their research? Find out in our paper.
Written with @ajalvero.bsky.social @dustinstoltz.com and Marshall Taylor. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey!!
(How) do sociologists use GenAI for their research? Find out in our paper.
Written with @ajalvero.bsky.social @dustinstoltz.com and Marshall Taylor. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey!!
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"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!"
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 PM
"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!"
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
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"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:42 PM
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
Amazing thread about an experiment in pedagogy that engaged students in crafting and carrying out assignments and work in an age of AI and LLMs 👇
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 23, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Amazing thread about an experiment in pedagogy that engaged students in crafting and carrying out assignments and work in an age of AI and LLMs 👇
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Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened: