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Maddie Arnsbarger
@madisonarns.bsky.social
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AP at Weber State Econ. Labor, political economy, economic history. Views are my own.
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madisonarns.bsky.social
I love Weber State because “networking” looks like 5 days on the San Juan:
May 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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jessedjenkins.com
Now there's a memorable stat!

"Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined."

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Opinion | Trump is killing one of our strongest exports
The president wants to balance U.S. trade deficits? He can’t do it without this industry he hates.
wapo.st
April 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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alvarolaparra.bsky.social
Utah is requiring college professors to post their syllabi on a public repository, and frankly, I feel nervous about it because my courses cover controversial (even subversive) topics like the Bill of Rights, checks and balances, and other aspects of the US Constitution
April 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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ingridvandijk.bsky.social
I'm looking for 1-2 doctoral candidates in my ERC-funded project "Relative Health: Long-Run Inequalities in Health and Survival Between Families and Across Generations". These are 4-year, fully funded positions at Lund University. More info: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Doctoral student in Economic History – Inequalities in health and survival
The Department of Economic History is a research-intensive department that employs about 100 people: researchers, teachers, technical/administrative staff, and Ph.D. candidates. The department has a l
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April 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
madisonarns.bsky.social
A birthday text from my 93-year-old Polish grandfather. Over 97% of Americans descend from immigrants.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_...
March 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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econhist-allday.bsky.social
Let's see if bluesky has hit critical mass of economic historians. Does anyone know what policy drives the near-doubling of government transfers from 1949Q4 to 1950Q1 in the NIPA?
March 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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galli-stef.bsky.social
‼️ Call for papers:

📌 Young economic historians
📌 Any research and 🌎 areas welcome!

Come visit us in beautiful Göteborg!

And 🫵🏻 don’t forget to spread the word!
Economic History Workshop in Gothenburg, Sweden
Call for papers for the Economic History Workshop! The workshop will gather young researchers in a friendly and non-imposing environment where they can present their research and receive constructive ...
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March 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
madisonarns.bsky.social
No thank you. Some of you know who you are. Others of you are too ignorant or oblivious to realize. I’m not sure who’s worse.
adrianaguatame.bsky.social Adriana Guatame-García @adrianaguatame.bsky.social · Mar 6
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
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There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience. No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent. And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted. ... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.
March 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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econtrout.bsky.social
Great set of presentations this weekend at the Mountain West Economic History Conference. Particularly by the Ph.D. students
February 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
madisonarns.bsky.social
Had a great time at the ~Pitt Econ reunion~ oops, I mean the Mountain West Economic History Conference this weekend!
February 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM