@dlondonwortel.bsky.social
Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Bard. Under contract with UChicago Press for "The Menace of Prosperity." Economic history. http://Publicspaced.com https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo247855479.html - www.publicspaced.com
The great @bradlander.bsky.social is the newest reader of my nyc history book “The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865-1981.”
Can’t wait to hear his thoughts!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Can’t wait to hear his thoughts!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The great @bradlander.bsky.social is the newest reader of my nyc history book “The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865-1981.”
Can’t wait to hear his thoughts!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Can’t wait to hear his thoughts!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Amazing review of my book "The Menace of Prosperity" in the new issue of @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Amazing review of my book "The Menace of Prosperity" in the new issue of @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social
Found my book “the menace of prosperity” at @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social!
Near @masonbwilliams.bsky.social’s masterpiece, appropriately/alphabetically enough.
Near @masonbwilliams.bsky.social’s masterpiece, appropriately/alphabetically enough.
December 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Found my book “the menace of prosperity” at @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social!
Near @masonbwilliams.bsky.social’s masterpiece, appropriately/alphabetically enough.
Near @masonbwilliams.bsky.social’s masterpiece, appropriately/alphabetically enough.
Every bad current within the Left can be viewed as the price paid for some other bad current.
“Political correctness” was a manifestation of postmodernism, which was a reaction to another set of bad politics.
-Noel Ignatiev
blog.pmpress.org/2019/09/05/t...
Thoughts?
“Political correctness” was a manifestation of postmodernism, which was a reaction to another set of bad politics.
-Noel Ignatiev
blog.pmpress.org/2019/09/05/t...
Thoughts?
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Every bad current within the Left can be viewed as the price paid for some other bad current.
“Political correctness” was a manifestation of postmodernism, which was a reaction to another set of bad politics.
-Noel Ignatiev
blog.pmpress.org/2019/09/05/t...
Thoughts?
“Political correctness” was a manifestation of postmodernism, which was a reaction to another set of bad politics.
-Noel Ignatiev
blog.pmpress.org/2019/09/05/t...
Thoughts?
I LOVE me some historical institutionalist charts
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I LOVE me some historical institutionalist charts
Great to see my advisors Kim Phillips-Fein and @andrewneedham.bsky.social at my @ipk.bsky.social book talk yesterday! Add @tomsugrue.bsky.social and @masonbwilliams.bsky.social and you’d have my whole committee.
Thank you everyone who came out!
@city.bsky.social
Thank you everyone who came out!
@city.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Great to see my advisors Kim Phillips-Fein and @andrewneedham.bsky.social at my @ipk.bsky.social book talk yesterday! Add @tomsugrue.bsky.social and @masonbwilliams.bsky.social and you’d have my whole committee.
Thank you everyone who came out!
@city.bsky.social
Thank you everyone who came out!
@city.bsky.social
What can NYC's history tell us about the roots of Zohran's win and what challenges he'll face?
Join Kim Phillips-Fein, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, and myself next Wednesday as we discuss these topics and my new book "The Menace of Prosperity." RSVP today!
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
Join Kim Phillips-Fein, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, and myself next Wednesday as we discuss these topics and my new book "The Menace of Prosperity." RSVP today!
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What can NYC's history tell us about the roots of Zohran's win and what challenges he'll face?
Join Kim Phillips-Fein, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, and myself next Wednesday as we discuss these topics and my new book "The Menace of Prosperity." RSVP today!
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
Join Kim Phillips-Fein, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, and myself next Wednesday as we discuss these topics and my new book "The Menace of Prosperity." RSVP today!
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
Achieved: making battles over civil service reform sexy.
Next step: 8 part series on the McGovern-Fraser commission!
Next step: 8 part series on the McGovern-Fraser commission!
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Achieved: making battles over civil service reform sexy.
Next step: 8 part series on the McGovern-Fraser commission!
Next step: 8 part series on the McGovern-Fraser commission!
I just saw this
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I just saw this
Was awesome seeing the great @petedavis.bsky.social and John Duda yesterday for my book talk at @redemmas.org - everyone’s favorite worker owned bookstore/cafe/radical space!
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Was awesome seeing the great @petedavis.bsky.social and John Duda yesterday for my book talk at @redemmas.org - everyone’s favorite worker owned bookstore/cafe/radical space!
NYC to Trump:
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
NYC to Trump:
Socialist abundance coming your way
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Socialist abundance coming your way
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Zohran. History. Now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Zohran. History. Now.
Org chat of New York City, early 1920s.
Note how financial and economic policy is insulated from the city electorate.
That wasn't accidental. And things are even worse today.
We need the public involved in public finance.
Note how financial and economic policy is insulated from the city electorate.
That wasn't accidental. And things are even worse today.
We need the public involved in public finance.
November 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Org chat of New York City, early 1920s.
Note how financial and economic policy is insulated from the city electorate.
That wasn't accidental. And things are even worse today.
We need the public involved in public finance.
Note how financial and economic policy is insulated from the city electorate.
That wasn't accidental. And things are even worse today.
We need the public involved in public finance.
Different headlines, same meaning?
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Different headlines, same meaning?
Honored to be quoted twice in The Economist today!
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
www.economist.com/united-state...
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Honored to be quoted twice in The Economist today!
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
www.economist.com/united-state...
How Public Works Create Employment.
From the National Resources Board, 1934.
From the National Resources Board, 1934.
October 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
How Public Works Create Employment.
From the National Resources Board, 1934.
From the National Resources Board, 1934.
The most Keynesian graph ever graphed:
"One consumption expenditure starts many income cycles"
From the National Resources Board, 1934.
"One consumption expenditure starts many income cycles"
From the National Resources Board, 1934.
October 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The most Keynesian graph ever graphed:
"One consumption expenditure starts many income cycles"
From the National Resources Board, 1934.
"One consumption expenditure starts many income cycles"
From the National Resources Board, 1934.
Manhattan from the Hudson Highlands
October 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Manhattan from the Hudson Highlands
“Self-help in Kreuzberg” - poster depicting squatter self-government in Berlin, 1970s
October 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“Self-help in Kreuzberg” - poster depicting squatter self-government in Berlin, 1970s
One of the most spectacular photographs of New York I've ever seen, from 1932.
Zooming in, you can appreciate how much interwar Manhattan retained its tidy 19th century cityscape.
Rowhouses in the center, gasworks on the periphery, occasional skyscrapers in midtown.
No more.
Zooming in, you can appreciate how much interwar Manhattan retained its tidy 19th century cityscape.
Rowhouses in the center, gasworks on the periphery, occasional skyscrapers in midtown.
No more.
October 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
One of the most spectacular photographs of New York I've ever seen, from 1932.
Zooming in, you can appreciate how much interwar Manhattan retained its tidy 19th century cityscape.
Rowhouses in the center, gasworks on the periphery, occasional skyscrapers in midtown.
No more.
Zooming in, you can appreciate how much interwar Manhattan retained its tidy 19th century cityscape.
Rowhouses in the center, gasworks on the periphery, occasional skyscrapers in midtown.
No more.
Beautiful 1929 map of railroad commuting times from the
Regional Plan Association of NY
Regional Plan Association of NY
October 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Beautiful 1929 map of railroad commuting times from the
Regional Plan Association of NY
Regional Plan Association of NY