Greg Blonder
@equipose.bsky.social
Politics and Science- seek stability, embrace change. Longer form at gregblonder.medium.com
Democracy is inherently flawed, and requires more than a few tweaks to achieve its promise. Instead, we tell ourselves comforting bedtime stories.... gregblonder.medium.com/represent-37...
REPRESENT!
All democracies are profoundly flawed.
Ceding power to an unrepresentative political majority.
Effectively disenfranchising half the…
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July 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Democracy is inherently flawed, and requires more than a few tweaks to achieve its promise. Instead, we tell ourselves comforting bedtime stories.... gregblonder.medium.com/represent-37...
We should avoid using tariffs to protect moribund industries, then handle the few exceptions exceptionally and use the savings for growth. That is the best path to prosperity.
April 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We should avoid using tariffs to protect moribund industries, then handle the few exceptions exceptionally and use the savings for growth. That is the best path to prosperity.
The Doctrine of Comparative Advantage, apparently unfamiliar to the Trump administration, not only improves our standard of living (with minimal strategic risk) but assists others around the globe, stabilizing world-order....
April 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Doctrine of Comparative Advantage, apparently unfamiliar to the Trump administration, not only improves our standard of living (with minimal strategic risk) but assists others around the globe, stabilizing world-order....
So, you can reduce the finished goods price to your customers. And, you still have $9 in your pocket! Which can be used for new factories, higher wages, or dividends
April 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So, you can reduce the finished goods price to your customers. And, you still have $9 in your pocket! Which can be used for new factories, higher wages, or dividends
Reposted by Greg Blonder
to negotiate in unison by forming mutual-aide societies, sharing the impact of tariffs among themselves. A unified front is the best strategy to stand up to bullies.
The same strategy should be adopted by universities pushing back at Trump's kidnapping of their research funds
The same strategy should be adopted by universities pushing back at Trump's kidnapping of their research funds
March 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
to negotiate in unison by forming mutual-aide societies, sharing the impact of tariffs among themselves. A unified front is the best strategy to stand up to bullies.
The same strategy should be adopted by universities pushing back at Trump's kidnapping of their research funds
The same strategy should be adopted by universities pushing back at Trump's kidnapping of their research funds
- alone, each school (like @columbiauniversity.bsky.social will be picked off, despite the fact the law is firmly on their side www.aclu.org/news/free-sp...
A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia | ACLU
The government may not threaten funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing First Amendment–protected speech.
www.aclu.org
March 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
- alone, each school (like @columbiauniversity.bsky.social will be picked off, despite the fact the law is firmly on their side www.aclu.org/news/free-sp...
to negotiate in unison by forming mutual-aide societies, sharing the impact of tariffs among themselves. A unified front is the best strategy to stand up to bullies.
The same strategy should be adopted by universities pushing back at Trump's kidnapping of their research funds
The same strategy should be adopted by universities pushing back at Trump's kidnapping of their research funds
March 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
to negotiate in unison by forming mutual-aide societies, sharing the impact of tariffs among themselves. A unified front is the best strategy to stand up to bullies.
The same strategy should be adopted by universities pushing back at Trump's kidnapping of their research funds
The same strategy should be adopted by universities pushing back at Trump's kidnapping of their research funds
Excellent statement identifying how Trump exceeded Title IX and trammeled the Constitution when he withheld these funds. www.aclu.org/news/free-sp...
A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia | ACLU
The government may not threaten funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing First Amendment–protected speech.
www.aclu.org
March 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Excellent statement identifying how Trump exceeded Title IX and trammeled the Constitution when he withheld these funds. www.aclu.org/news/free-sp...
"In this he was wrong and it resulted in the failure of his policy”.
Appeasement is not peace.
Appeasement is not peace.
March 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"In this he was wrong and it resulted in the failure of his policy”.
Appeasement is not peace.
Appeasement is not peace.
"Having himself an essential 'business' mentality, he could not understand how any problems could possibly be settled by war. Therefore, he felt that if some compromises were made so that the dictator would not be forced to go to war to save their popularity at home, Europe might have peace (cont.)
March 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"Having himself an essential 'business' mentality, he could not understand how any problems could possibly be settled by war. Therefore, he felt that if some compromises were made so that the dictator would not be forced to go to war to save their popularity at home, Europe might have peace (cont.)
Once again, America is put at risk by a short-sighted businessman who views the world as a series of one-off transactions.
As JFK observed about Chamberlin in "Why England Slept” (1940),...
As JFK observed about Chamberlin in "Why England Slept” (1940),...
March 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Once again, America is put at risk by a short-sighted businessman who views the world as a series of one-off transactions.
As JFK observed about Chamberlin in "Why England Slept” (1940),...
As JFK observed about Chamberlin in "Why England Slept” (1940),...