Daniel Kuehn
@dkuehn.bsky.social
Research on apprenticeship, workforce development, and history of economics
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New paper on W.H. Hutt's analysis of Nazi economic policy in two unpublished lectures.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....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Yes and no. I’m pro-market and the broad brush is neither accurate or helpful and certainly not anything as specific as “capital’s response to climate change” but we do need to be able to talk about the role of obscene wealth in this round of authoritarianism because that’s real.
Anti-capitalism / anti-market conspiracy theories are an underrated cause of both MAGA & the extremely disorganized left-of-center response to it.
This shit hasn't bought the public into socialism but it has convinced the public to view economic policy w/ maximal cynicism and narrow self-interest.
This shit hasn't bought the public into socialism but it has convinced the public to view economic policy w/ maximal cynicism and narrow self-interest.
you ever just sit down and cut loose an absolutely enormous fart
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Yes and no. I’m pro-market and the broad brush is neither accurate or helpful and certainly not anything as specific as “capital’s response to climate change” but we do need to be able to talk about the role of obscene wealth in this round of authoritarianism because that’s real.
Let’s say you’ve got a meeting on Monday with an executive editor at a trade publisher that does serious nonfiction because they approached you about doing a book. I’m basically trying to be ready to provide a verbal book proposal and just be ready to listen. Any other advice? This is new to me.
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Let’s say you’ve got a meeting on Monday with an executive editor at a trade publisher that does serious nonfiction because they approached you about doing a book. I’m basically trying to be ready to provide a verbal book proposal and just be ready to listen. Any other advice? This is new to me.
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Forthcoming: Conversations on Rational Choice, edited by Catherine Herfeld
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April 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Forthcoming: Conversations on Rational Choice, edited by Catherine Herfeld
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🙏 I hope it will be ready for Christmas🎄!
Forthcoming: Conversations on Rational Choice, edited by Catherine Herfeld
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November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🙏 I hope it will be ready for Christmas🎄!
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See kids. See how Loper Bright has made Congress functional again. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The House is scrambling to avoid a censure death spiral
In their first full week back after the shutdown, lawmakers voted five times on measures to rebuke colleagues, eating up hours of floor time.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
See kids. See how Loper Bright has made Congress functional again. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Decision rule is literally “is it the most douche canoe thing we can do in this particular policy context?”
The Trump administration announced new efforts today to roll back key parts of the Endangered Species Act, aiming to reinstate changes from his first term that were previously halted by a federal court.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Decision rule is literally “is it the most douche canoe thing we can do in this particular policy context?”
Amidst all of this insanity I got potentially very exciting news yesterday, will find out more Monday. 😬
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Amidst all of this insanity I got potentially very exciting news yesterday, will find out more Monday. 😬
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CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.
Thank God. It was totally backwards to quit everything BUT teaching.
Nice to see Harvard stepping up a little. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Lawrence Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Thank God. It was totally backwards to quit everything BUT teaching.
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I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
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this really strikes me as a case of “what no materialism does to a mf’er.” because the actual theory of change here is that our polarized electoral outcomes are purely the product of discourse and minor messaging tweaks.
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
this really strikes me as a case of “what no materialism does to a mf’er.” because the actual theory of change here is that our polarized electoral outcomes are purely the product of discourse and minor messaging tweaks.
This is a great way of putting it. I often find myself firmly the moderate Dem. Most recently, policy and experience wise Mamdani was not my ideal candidate. And lots of people are about where I am. But Mamdani was the obvious choice because of the power dynamics, how opinions are trending, etc…
it's not even that I think moderation is ineffective! it's that bazelon doesn't actually have a theory of power or a non-static theory of opinions!
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This is a great way of putting it. I often find myself firmly the moderate Dem. Most recently, policy and experience wise Mamdani was not my ideal candidate. And lots of people are about where I am. But Mamdani was the obvious choice because of the power dynamics, how opinions are trending, etc…
Potomac River, Coan River, and Glebe Creek shots
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Potomac River, Coan River, and Glebe Creek shots
Just finished. Fantastic book. What a cool woman. I hadn’t realized she was so personally close to the Roosevelts or that she was involved in HUAC stuff.
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Just finished. Fantastic book. What a cool woman. I hadn’t realized she was so personally close to the Roosevelts or that she was involved in HUAC stuff.
There are literally parents who learned what a blowjob is because of Bill Clinton news in the 90s who are parenting kids right now who will learn what a blowjob is because of Bill Clinton news in the 2020s. 🤦
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There are literally parents who learned what a blowjob is because of Bill Clinton news in the 90s who are parenting kids right now who will learn what a blowjob is because of Bill Clinton news in the 2020s. 🤦
I have a paper on James M. Buchanan’s work on urban public finance (bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...) and a big concern at the time was what suburbanization and a fleeing tax base did to budgets. He applied club theory and worried about the rich fleeing.
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I have a paper on James M. Buchanan’s work on urban public finance (bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...) and a big concern at the time was what suburbanization and a fleeing tax base did to budgets. He applied club theory and worried about the rich fleeing.
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
When people say the Phillips Curve doesn’t exist they typically mean either:
1. The long run Phillips Curve is not the same shape as the short run Phillips Curve.
2. The Phillips Curve’s parameters are not a fixed law (it can shift).
3. Sometimes we’re on a flat portion of the Phillips Curve.
1. The long run Phillips Curve is not the same shape as the short run Phillips Curve.
2. The Phillips Curve’s parameters are not a fixed law (it can shift).
3. Sometimes we’re on a flat portion of the Phillips Curve.
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
When people say the Phillips Curve doesn’t exist they typically mean either:
1. The long run Phillips Curve is not the same shape as the short run Phillips Curve.
2. The Phillips Curve’s parameters are not a fixed law (it can shift).
3. Sometimes we’re on a flat portion of the Phillips Curve.
1. The long run Phillips Curve is not the same shape as the short run Phillips Curve.
2. The Phillips Curve’s parameters are not a fixed law (it can shift).
3. Sometimes we’re on a flat portion of the Phillips Curve.
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Scientific collaboration between the US and China is tremendous boon to both countries, to science, and to humanity.
Who could possibly benefit from disrupting it?
Who could possibly benefit from disrupting it?
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Scientific collaboration between the US and China is tremendous boon to both countries, to science, and to humanity.
Who could possibly benefit from disrupting it?
Who could possibly benefit from disrupting it?
I know Kirk said this particular thing but on the broader point it’s so weird that the right is so sharply juxtaposing Kirk with Carlson/Fuentes. TPUSA was notorious for being open to antisemites and racists that was like one of the spaces where this stuff first started getting mainstreamed.
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I know Kirk said this particular thing but on the broader point it’s so weird that the right is so sharply juxtaposing Kirk with Carlson/Fuentes. TPUSA was notorious for being open to antisemites and racists that was like one of the spaces where this stuff first started getting mainstreamed.
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‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
WASHINGTON—Responding to recent revelations suggesting the prominent economist was a close associate of the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a devastated nation reportedly joined together to...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
I think the events of the last twenty four hours makes this an obviously ridiculous thing to say.
Might you have to do some additional investigation around those emails? Sure, of course. But the idea that the content isn’t important is crazy talk.
Might you have to do some additional investigation around those emails? Sure, of course. But the idea that the content isn’t important is crazy talk.
The emails that you’re seeing now are news in themselves, but that’s because of how they’re coming out—a congressional committee released them—& the context in which they’re being viewed. A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is “dirty” is not a whole news story.
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I think the events of the last twenty four hours makes this an obviously ridiculous thing to say.
Might you have to do some additional investigation around those emails? Sure, of course. But the idea that the content isn’t important is crazy talk.
Might you have to do some additional investigation around those emails? Sure, of course. But the idea that the content isn’t important is crazy talk.