Mark Copelovitch
@mcopelov.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
A reminder that Stein’s Law remains undefeated
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
A reminder that Stein’s Law remains undefeated
Government, taxes, & regulation are good actually
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Government, taxes, & regulation are good actually
Happy week, everyone! 🌲
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Happy week, everyone! 🌲
Yes, the caving was shameful. But again, there are only two solutions to all of this, & both require 15-20 Congressional Republicans to decide they care about the Republic more than power & party. No, it's not going to happen. That doesn't make it less true. These folks get free passes everyday.
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Yes, the caving was shameful. But again, there are only two solutions to all of this, & both require 15-20 Congressional Republicans to decide they care about the Republic more than power & party. No, it's not going to happen. That doesn't make it less true. These folks get free passes everyday.
Il mercantilismo continuerà fino a quando il morale non migliorerà
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Il mercantilismo continuerà fino a quando il morale non migliorerà
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic…and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
Oathbreakers, all.
Oathbreakers, all.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic…and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
Oathbreakers, all.
Oathbreakers, all.
Least popular guy in Wisconsin today #GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly 🦅
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Least popular guy in Wisconsin today #GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly 🦅
Unfortunately, the solution is to let it continue. Trump's still at 40%. The only way, it seems, that we're going to get a durable supermajority to fully reject the malevolent, incompetent, & lawless authoritarianism is for the horrible, inhuman, awful consequences of it to become visible to all.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Unfortunately, the solution is to let it continue. Trump's still at 40%. The only way, it seems, that we're going to get a durable supermajority to fully reject the malevolent, incompetent, & lawless authoritarianism is for the horrible, inhuman, awful consequences of it to become visible to all.
OTOH, who knows, really?
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
OTOH, who knows, really?
👇🎯 Yes, you often hear about admin bloat as the key driver of rising costs. Guess where that came from? Yes, that's right: 1) ever-increasing regulatory burdens imposed by the state funders that are no longer funding; & 2) ever-increasing oversight bc federal grants became funding source #1 for R1s.
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
👇🎯 Yes, you often hear about admin bloat as the key driver of rising costs. Guess where that came from? Yes, that's right: 1) ever-increasing regulatory burdens imposed by the state funders that are no longer funding; & 2) ever-increasing oversight bc federal grants became funding source #1 for R1s.
As recently as the late 1980s, tuition at @uwmadison.bsky.social was <$1000/semester. In current dollars, that's about $2500/semester. There is one central reason for that: the . This was a choice. Other choices remain readily available.
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
As recently as the late 1980s, tuition at @uwmadison.bsky.social was <$1000/semester. In current dollars, that's about $2500/semester. There is one central reason for that: the . This was a choice. Other choices remain readily available.
Just get rid of VAR. It's worse than useless at this point #EisernUnion
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November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just get rid of VAR. It's worse than useless at this point #EisernUnion
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November 9. A day to remember Heroes in Berlin #Mauerfall
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
November 9. A day to remember Heroes in Berlin #Mauerfall
Mauerpark, 2013. #Mauerfall
Maybe my favorite photo from our first sabbatical year in Berlin. Don't quite recognize the small human, though.
Maybe my favorite photo from our first sabbatical year in Berlin. Don't quite recognize the small human, though.
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Mauerpark, 2013. #Mauerfall
Maybe my favorite photo from our first sabbatical year in Berlin. Don't quite recognize the small human, though.
Maybe my favorite photo from our first sabbatical year in Berlin. Don't quite recognize the small human, though.
Pre-1900, half the population was still working in fields, & even at peak “good middle class manufacturing jobs” in the 1950s, that was only 25% of employment. On this & so many other issues, our contemporary politics are detached from the reality of actual 🇺🇸 history.
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Pre-1900, half the population was still working in fields, & even at peak “good middle class manufacturing jobs” in the 1950s, that was only 25% of employment. On this & so many other issues, our contemporary politics are detached from the reality of actual 🇺🇸 history.
Your regular reminder that the reason all of the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics - from Trump to torture/GWB to Iran-Contra to Watergate to EO9066 all the way back to 1865 - is because there are never any consequences for all of the awful & illegal things happening in 🇺🇸 politics.
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Your regular reminder that the reason all of the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics - from Trump to torture/GWB to Iran-Contra to Watergate to EO9066 all the way back to 1865 - is because there are never any consequences for all of the awful & illegal things happening in 🇺🇸 politics.
Two minutes from absolute glory. Fußballgötter #EisernUnion
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Two minutes from absolute glory. Fußballgötter #EisernUnion
There is, of course, a proper way to celebrate here in Wisconsin:
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
There is, of course, a proper way to celebrate here in Wisconsin:
👇🎯 IANAL, but this is also executive branch Calvinball. First DOGEing everything is constitutional & now you can’t spend any $ on feeding kids?
Again, the intended solution here is that Congress gets its sh*t together & reins in the Mad King. The system is clearly broken. Juan Linz was right.
Again, the intended solution here is that Congress gets its sh*t together & reins in the Mad King. The system is clearly broken. Juan Linz was right.
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
👇🎯 IANAL, but this is also executive branch Calvinball. First DOGEing everything is constitutional & now you can’t spend any $ on feeding kids?
Again, the intended solution here is that Congress gets its sh*t together & reins in the Mad King. The system is clearly broken. Juan Linz was right.
Again, the intended solution here is that Congress gets its sh*t together & reins in the Mad King. The system is clearly broken. Juan Linz was right.
Pages & pages & more & more pages pages about What Democrats Must Do, even after winning huge, to address their problems, whether real or perceived. The sum total of thoughts about Republicans?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Pages & pages & more & more pages pages about What Democrats Must Do, even after winning huge, to address their problems, whether real or perceived. The sum total of thoughts about Republicans?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Literal Kitchen Table Issues. Where are the Pundits now? 🤷♂️
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Literal Kitchen Table Issues. Where are the Pundits now? 🤷♂️
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November 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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