Sarang Shah
@sarangshah.com
lawyer + politics phd candidate @ UC Berkeley, soon Columbia Law School
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past: physicist, tech writer, & journalist
taoist living in San Francisco
Social media fasting. Email me:
sarang.shah@berkeley.edu
Here's what I am up to:
sarangshah.com
past: physicist, tech writer, & journalist
taoist living in San Francisco
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Sarang Shah
@sarangshah.com
· Jul 22
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
Who Wants #Stakeholder #Capitalism? Public & Elite Perceptions of the Role of #Business #Leaders in #Politics
By @eitanhersh.bsky.social & @sarangshah.com
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Who Wants #Stakeholder #Capitalism? Public & Elite Perceptions of the Role of #Business #Leaders in #Politics
By @eitanhersh.bsky.social & @sarangshah.com
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Pleased to share our new paper now out in Perspectives on Politics! Happy to discuss and looking forward to hearing thoughts and suggestions for further research.
For real, I was so glad for Osaka to be my point of departure in Japan than Tokyo just so I could get the funky platypus instead.
the Suica penguin is dead. long live the Icoca platypus
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
For real, I was so glad for Osaka to be my point of departure in Japan than Tokyo just so I could get the funky platypus instead.
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what unites plutocrats and populists is that they are both *rent-seekers*--plutocrats are economic rent extractors who want to shore up class hierarchy while populists are social rent extractors who want to shore up status hierarchies
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
what unites plutocrats and populists is that they are both *rent-seekers*--plutocrats are economic rent extractors who want to shore up class hierarchy while populists are social rent extractors who want to shore up status hierarchies
The plutocratic-populist thesis à la Pierson and Hacker still in effect: unpopular plutocratic policies require bigoted "populist" deflection to build sufficient political power to overcome public disgust
this feels like a lot of words to obscure the pretty obvious dynamics at work: economic distress and political elites willing to weaponize gutter bigotry.
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The plutocratic-populist thesis à la Pierson and Hacker still in effect: unpopular plutocratic policies require bigoted "populist" deflection to build sufficient political power to overcome public disgust
I too would like to call out the psychics who told me I'd fail the California Bar
Kim Kardashian shares her frustration in a new TikTok after failing the California bar exam, calling out psychics who told her she’d pass.
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I too would like to call out the psychics who told me I'd fail the California Bar
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One of the things I've changed my mind about in recent years is that Asimov brain may be more pernicious than Rand brain. I'll take hyperindividualism over math dictatorship, actually.
Asimov would 100% be a charles Murray guy I think
at least two separate isaac asimov holy wars have arisen in my mentions
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
One of the things I've changed my mind about in recent years is that Asimov brain may be more pernicious than Rand brain. I'll take hyperindividualism over math dictatorship, actually.
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Like if you put any of these tech bros in a room in front of a computer and asked them to make literally anything, not many of them would be able to
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Like if you put any of these tech bros in a room in front of a computer and asked them to make literally anything, not many of them would be able to
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According to the article, the incident and features actually occurred off of campus property and lead to arrest by city police.
It’s disappointing, if not surprising, to see the New York Times promote its own article in a way that is misleading by omission.
It’s disappointing, if not surprising, to see the New York Times promote its own article in a way that is misleading by omission.
Demonstrators protested outside a Turning Point USA event at the University of California, Berkeley. University officials said a “single violent incident” took place. The Justice Department said it would investigate what had happened, citing security concerns. nyti.ms/3XpBBqG
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
According to the article, the incident and features actually occurred off of campus property and lead to arrest by city police.
It’s disappointing, if not surprising, to see the New York Times promote its own article in a way that is misleading by omission.
It’s disappointing, if not surprising, to see the New York Times promote its own article in a way that is misleading by omission.
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This is unbearably funny
Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.
November 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This is unbearably funny
This administration has no idea how much contestation between private parties will emerge regarding contract terms dependent on BLS measures. There's a reason why labor *and* business spent decades building up this function of goverment.
We used to have the Bureau of Labor Statistics collect inflation data but under Trump we’ve outsourced it to DoorDash
At some point embarrassment MUST come
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This administration has no idea how much contestation between private parties will emerge regarding contract terms dependent on BLS measures. There's a reason why labor *and* business spent decades building up this function of goverment.
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We used to have the Bureau of Labor Statistics collect inflation data but under Trump we’ve outsourced it to DoorDash
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
We used to have the Bureau of Labor Statistics collect inflation data but under Trump we’ve outsourced it to DoorDash
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hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
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there is so much Beta in (econometrics) books
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
there is so much Beta in (econometrics) books
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the year is 2042: the GOP and First Things magazine is using Foucault and Agamben to argue removing meat subsidies is a form of biopolitics
the last American alive after the climate collapse clinging to a side of beef like Jack in The Titanic
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
the year is 2042: the GOP and First Things magazine is using Foucault and Agamben to argue removing meat subsidies is a form of biopolitics
it's not a formula, it's a definition
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
it's not a formula, it's a definition
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This is why he loves code reviews so much. Nothing he enjoys more than some nice letters & numbers with syntax, & the more the merrier at that
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This is why he loves code reviews so much. Nothing he enjoys more than some nice letters & numbers with syntax, & the more the merrier at that
Understanding how the Republican Party has transformed itself is very important. But I'm really interested in how the Democratic Party network and brand has been transforming too under the pressure of this crisis. This response seems inconceivable 10 years ago.
www.ft.com/content/0816...
www.ft.com/content/0816...
Democrats face party backlash over US government shutdown deal
Rebel senators slammed for backing Trump’s deal to end longest government closure in history
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Understanding how the Republican Party has transformed itself is very important. But I'm really interested in how the Democratic Party network and brand has been transforming too under the pressure of this crisis. This response seems inconceivable 10 years ago.
www.ft.com/content/0816...
www.ft.com/content/0816...
Understanding how the Republican Party has transformed itself is very important. But I'm really interested in how the Democratic Party network and brand has been transforming too under the pressure of this crisis. This response seems inconceivable 10 years ago.
www.ft.com/content/0816...
www.ft.com/content/0816...
Democrats face party backlash over US government shutdown deal
Rebel senators slammed for backing Trump’s deal to end longest government closure in history
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Understanding how the Republican Party has transformed itself is very important. But I'm really interested in how the Democratic Party network and brand has been transforming too under the pressure of this crisis. This response seems inconceivable 10 years ago.
www.ft.com/content/0816...
www.ft.com/content/0816...
Understanding how the Republican Party has transformed itself is very important. But I'm really interested in how the Democratic Party network and brand has been transforming too under the pressure of this crisis. This response seems inconceivable 10 years ago.
www.ft.com/content/0816...
www.ft.com/content/0816...
Democrats face party backlash over US government shutdown deal
Rebel senators slammed for backing Trump’s deal to end longest government closure in history
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Understanding how the Republican Party has transformed itself is very important. But I'm really interested in how the Democratic Party network and brand has been transforming too under the pressure of this crisis. This response seems inconceivable 10 years ago.
www.ft.com/content/0816...
www.ft.com/content/0816...
Understanding how the Republican Party has transformed itself is very important. But I'm really interested in how the Democratic Party network and brand has been transforming too under the pressure of this crisis. This response seems inconceivable 10 years ago.
Democrats face party backlash over US government shutdown deal
Rebel senators slammed for backing Trump’s deal to end longest government closure in history
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Understanding how the Republican Party has transformed itself is very important. But I'm really interested in how the Democratic Party network and brand has been transforming too under the pressure of this crisis. This response seems inconceivable 10 years ago.
Let's model our government off the Roman Republic, a polity for which nothing bad had ever happened
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Let's model our government off the Roman Republic, a polity for which nothing bad had ever happened
What's so pathetic is that for so many Senators, it's literally the best job they've ever had.
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
What's so pathetic is that for so many Senators, it's literally the best job they've ever had.
The BBC has suffered worse consequences than Donald Trump and the insurrectionists for January 6th
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Why the BBC is apologising over a Trump documentary – and what happens next
Fallout continues over BBC’s editorial standards and claims that exit of bosses is result of ‘campaign by political enemies’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The BBC has suffered worse consequences than Donald Trump and the insurrectionists for January 6th
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
I'd really like to see some work, comparative or otherwise, on what sort of positive feedback loops we'd need to achieve constitutional change. Is there a way we can use policy to make constitutional politics here?
Part of me thinks “yeah, primary every last one of these fuckers!!!”
And the other part of me thinks “eh, fuck it. We’re gonna need wholesale constitutional reform anyway. Just abolish the damn Senate.”
And the other part of me thinks “eh, fuck it. We’re gonna need wholesale constitutional reform anyway. Just abolish the damn Senate.”
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I'd really like to see some work, comparative or otherwise, on what sort of positive feedback loops we'd need to achieve constitutional change. Is there a way we can use policy to make constitutional politics here?