Charlie Eaton
@charlieeaton.bsky.social
Economic sociologist. University of California, Merced professor. Author Bankers in the Ivory Tower. Subscribe: https://charlieeatonphd.substack.com
"The sitting justices might well rule that a law limiting their service on the Supreme Court is unconstitutional. But that self-interested decision in favor of two unpopular ideas—gerontocracy and juristocracy—could help get the term-limits amendment ratified by the states." 4/4
August 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"The sitting justices might well rule that a law limiting their service on the Supreme Court is unconstitutional. But that self-interested decision in favor of two unpopular ideas—gerontocracy and juristocracy—could help get the term-limits amendment ratified by the states." 4/4
"Under term-limits legislation... justices would... have lifetime appointments to the bench, but they would rotate off the Supreme Court to appellate courts after a fixed term of, say, 18 years. Each president would then have two Supreme Court appointments per four-year presidential term." 3/4
August 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Under term-limits legislation... justices would... have lifetime appointments to the bench, but they would rotate off the Supreme Court to appellate courts after a fixed term of, say, 18 years. Each president would then have two Supreme Court appointments per four-year presidential term." 3/4
"Judicial reform is politically treacherous because it invites tit-for-tat changes in the Court, but Republican overreach on the Court has left Democrats little choice, and term limits provide the means of a settlement." 2/3
August 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Judicial reform is politically treacherous because it invites tit-for-tat changes in the Court, but Republican overreach on the Court has left Democrats little choice, and term limits provide the means of a settlement." 2/3
Has the parliamentarian ruled that making the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent are allowed? Are any other parliamentarian decisions still pending?
June 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Has the parliamentarian ruled that making the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent are allowed? Are any other parliamentarian decisions still pending?
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From a different angle, it gives you a peek at the dynamics @charlieeaton.bsky.social and Albina Gibadullina discuss in their recent paper on the rise of financiers on university boards.
With billionaires on the march, we just published a paper about how the financiers among them are socially embedded through top university trustee positions. We find that these trustee ties to other elites help private equity firms to increase returns. academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
Elite embeddedness: the rise of financiers on university boards as parallel social organizations
Abstract. We develop a theory of elite embeddedness in which social organizations parallel to the economy can provide advantages via private information an
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June 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
From a different angle, it gives you a peek at the dynamics @charlieeaton.bsky.social and Albina Gibadullina discuss in their recent paper on the rise of financiers on university boards.