Ben Waterhouse
@benwaterhouse.bsky.social
Historian @UNC-Chapel Hill. Works on culture and politics of business, especially in modern U.S.
Newest book: One Day I'll Work for Myself: The Dream and Delusion that Conquered America
Newest book: One Day I'll Work for Myself: The Dream and Delusion that Conquered America
Well, if anyone is equipped to do so, I suspect it would be the folks at Cal Tech.
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Well, if anyone is equipped to do so, I suspect it would be the folks at Cal Tech.
Brave people in central New Jersey with access to the Mudd Library, anyway.
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Brave people in central New Jersey with access to the Mudd Library, anyway.
Or you coud, you know, just read Larry's thesis: catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/dsp0...
The Freeman's Best Dependence: Henry George, Labor and the New York City Mayoral Campaign of 1886 - Princeton University Library Catalog
catalog.princeton.edu
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Or you coud, you know, just read Larry's thesis: catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/dsp0...
Among other things, today's news is making me very smug about my polished email grammar and style.
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Among other things, today's news is making me very smug about my polished email grammar and style.
Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1959.
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1959.
I'm with you, but boy is that a lonely tune to sing these days.
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I'm with you, but boy is that a lonely tune to sing these days.
Yes, it sucks. Defending the value of education is hard enough without having to explain over and over again what it actually is.
October 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Yes, it sucks. Defending the value of education is hard enough without having to explain over and over again what it actually is.
yes, but people who think the point of college is to learn specific facts somehow end up writing for Forbes.
October 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
yes, but people who think the point of college is to learn specific facts somehow end up writing for Forbes.
"A business student can [read a book in a library] to explain supply chain optimization or [hire someone to] generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its [Gutenberg] moment."
There, fixed it.
There, fixed it.
October 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"A business student can [read a book in a library] to explain supply chain optimization or [hire someone to] generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its [Gutenberg] moment."
There, fixed it.
There, fixed it.
The Presidential Records Act found its way into a toilet in Mar a Lago a LONG time ago...
September 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The Presidential Records Act found its way into a toilet in Mar a Lago a LONG time ago...
Professor Popper has entered the chat!
September 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Professor Popper has entered the chat!
yeah that tracks
September 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
yeah that tracks
Which tall mean Irish Catholic guy did you have for 8th grade Social Studies? The bald one or the other one?
September 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Which tall mean Irish Catholic guy did you have for 8th grade Social Studies? The bald one or the other one?
"Racists who like to smoke weed."
September 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Racists who like to smoke weed."
Gonna break their hearts when you get to Scopes...
September 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Gonna break their hearts when you get to Scopes...
But did he catch the Mario Savio reference?
September 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
But did he catch the Mario Savio reference?
Matt LeBlanc, best known as that guy in that ketchup commercial that one time
September 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Matt LeBlanc, best known as that guy in that ketchup commercial that one time
Ben Affleck, best known as that little kid on Voyage of the Mimi
September 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ben Affleck, best known as that little kid on Voyage of the Mimi