Raúl Carrillo
@raulcarrillo.bsky.social
law prof @ BC. focused on the future 💸 ⚖️ 🛰️
formerly Deputy Director @lpeproject.bsky.social. organizing committee, @a-lpe.bsky.social
https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/law/academics-faculty/faculty-directory/raul-carrillo.html
formerly Deputy Director @lpeproject.bsky.social. organizing committee, @a-lpe.bsky.social
https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/law/academics-faculty/faculty-directory/raul-carrillo.html
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Raúl Carrillo
@raulcarrillo.bsky.social
· Jun 26
LPE friends - CONFERENCE UPDATE!! ⏰☎️ Planning is still underway for the first annual LPE conference, launching a new LPE Association, but we're pushing the dates to FEBRUARY 5-7, 2026. We'll be putting out a CFP by August with information about how and what to submit. Until then, save the new date!
📣 ICYMI! LPE Conference FEBRUARY 5-7, 2026 @ Richmond Law! CFP by August! Follow @a-lpe.bsky.social right now!! ✊
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I am so joyful for NYC and Mamdani & I am also terrified at how these abductions are going to rapidly intensify in NYC now
this was at a DAYCARE
[this is Chicago]
this was at a DAYCARE
[this is Chicago]
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I am so joyful for NYC and Mamdani & I am also terrified at how these abductions are going to rapidly intensify in NYC now
this was at a DAYCARE
[this is Chicago]
this was at a DAYCARE
[this is Chicago]
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and yet you are
October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
and yet you are
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El Salvador's total abortion ban, which has seen perhaps hundreds of women imprisoned for stillbirths and miscarriages, could become a model for parts of the United States following the end of Roe v. Wade.
Will El Salvador’s Abortion Ban Be a Model for the U.S.? Maria Hinojosa Investigates
A new investigation by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa looks at reproductive rights in El Salvador, which has one of the world’s most restrictive anti-abortion laws and has imprisoned...
www.democracynow.org
October 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
El Salvador's total abortion ban, which has seen perhaps hundreds of women imprisoned for stillbirths and miscarriages, could become a model for parts of the United States following the end of Roe v. Wade.
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My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
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the evidence in favor of the traditional understand of the birthright citizenship clause is so overwhelming that a bunch of conservative legal hacks had to conjure a fake literature int existence to create the appearance of dispute. i expect the court to side with trump, of course.
Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...
Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship | CNN Politics
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pushing the issue back bef...
www.cnn.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
the evidence in favor of the traditional understand of the birthright citizenship clause is so overwhelming that a bunch of conservative legal hacks had to conjure a fake literature int existence to create the appearance of dispute. i expect the court to side with trump, of course.
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1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
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same issue with what lessig called architecture. so many laws/principles/regulations are dependent on assumptions of limitations of the physical environment and those limits no longer hold
When an entry-level Volvo can get to 60 mph quicker than a Porsche 911, and in the same time as a Ferrari, electric car makers need a reset.
Read more: wrd.cm/3W2xAb1
Read more: wrd.cm/3W2xAb1
September 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
same issue with what lessig called architecture. so many laws/principles/regulations are dependent on assumptions of limitations of the physical environment and those limits no longer hold
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BREAKING: President Donald Trump suggests FCC should revoke TV licenses for negative coverage on him.
Trump suggested the extraordinary actions as he defended FCC chairman Brendan Carr for pressuring ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the airwaves.
Trump suggested the extraordinary actions as he defended FCC chairman Brendan Carr for pressuring ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the airwaves.
Trump suggests FCC should consider revoking TV licenses over negative coverage of him
President Trump said overwhelming negative coverage about him by TV networks should be grounds for the FCC to revoke their broadcast licenses.
bit.ly
September 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: President Donald Trump suggests FCC should revoke TV licenses for negative coverage on him.
Trump suggested the extraordinary actions as he defended FCC chairman Brendan Carr for pressuring ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the airwaves.
Trump suggested the extraordinary actions as he defended FCC chairman Brendan Carr for pressuring ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the airwaves.
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A controversial $165 billion data center campus in New Mexico revealed numbers about its water consumption publicly for the first time. Filling up the four data centers would use 10 million gallons of water, and the ongoing consumption would be 7.2 million gallons every year.
How much water will the $165 billion data center near El Paso use? Developers unveil figures ahead of Doña Ana commissioners vote
A public meeting in Sunland Park this week was standing-room only as community members expressed concerns about the massive project, especially its planned water usage.
elpasomatters.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A controversial $165 billion data center campus in New Mexico revealed numbers about its water consumption publicly for the first time. Filling up the four data centers would use 10 million gallons of water, and the ongoing consumption would be 7.2 million gallons every year.
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another of the things I will keep saying is that we have an elite impunity problem and nothing will improve until and unless we change that
September 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
another of the things I will keep saying is that we have an elite impunity problem and nothing will improve until and unless we change that
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I am giving a presentation today at umass called "rapid changes in corporate governance and finance," and I keep adding screenshots because there's just too much happening
September 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I am giving a presentation today at umass called "rapid changes in corporate governance and finance," and I keep adding screenshots because there's just too much happening
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we live in an unregulated financial system, and our regulatory and mental models from the New Deal can't be our template going forward
Donald Trump has increased his net worth by $3 billion over the last year, mostly thanks to crypto.
www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
Trump Jumps 118 Spots On The Forbes 400 List Thanks To Presidency
Donald Trump lost money during his first term. Out of office, he found a formula for profiting off politics—now he’s piling up billions.
www.forbes.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
we live in an unregulated financial system, and our regulatory and mental models from the New Deal can't be our template going forward
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"Let's Get Skeptical," the final chapter of Fintech Dystopia, has dropped
fintechdystopia.com/chapters/cha...
Covering
- How much the abundance agenda and VC output suck
- Silicon Valley subsidies we can take away
- How to laugh our way into Silicon Valley skepticism
- A plan to actually fix finance
fintechdystopia.com/chapters/cha...
Covering
- How much the abundance agenda and VC output suck
- Silicon Valley subsidies we can take away
- How to laugh our way into Silicon Valley skepticism
- A plan to actually fix finance
August 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"Let's Get Skeptical," the final chapter of Fintech Dystopia, has dropped
fintechdystopia.com/chapters/cha...
Covering
- How much the abundance agenda and VC output suck
- Silicon Valley subsidies we can take away
- How to laugh our way into Silicon Valley skepticism
- A plan to actually fix finance
fintechdystopia.com/chapters/cha...
Covering
- How much the abundance agenda and VC output suck
- Silicon Valley subsidies we can take away
- How to laugh our way into Silicon Valley skepticism
- A plan to actually fix finance
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Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
August 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
The first five children to attain Golden Shares can tour the Chocolate Factory, but only a really, really special little boy will get the keys to the kingdom
August 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The first five children to attain Golden Shares can tour the Chocolate Factory, but only a really, really special little boy will get the keys to the kingdom
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Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
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In case you’ve been living under a rock, the Inaugural Association of Law and Political Economy Conference conference will be taking next February in Richmond. Proposals for papers and panels are due between Aug. 15 and Sept. 15.
For the latest info, make sure to follow @a-lpe.bsky.social!
For the latest info, make sure to follow @a-lpe.bsky.social!
CFP: Inaugural Association of Law and Political Economy Conference
A forthcoming conference will launch The Association of Law and Political Economy (ALPE): a membership organization with a regular annual conference, elected leadership, and an architecture for open…
lpeproject.org
August 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In case you’ve been living under a rock, the Inaugural Association of Law and Political Economy Conference conference will be taking next February in Richmond. Proposals for papers and panels are due between Aug. 15 and Sept. 15.
For the latest info, make sure to follow @a-lpe.bsky.social!
For the latest info, make sure to follow @a-lpe.bsky.social!
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We can’t wait to read your ideas! For more information and to submit, check out our website: lawandpoliticaleconomy.org
Association of Law & Political Economy -
Call for Papers: Inaugural Association of Law and Political Economy (ALPE) Conference
lawandpoliticaleconomy.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We can’t wait to read your ideas! For more information and to submit, check out our website: lawandpoliticaleconomy.org
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⭐️ Are you a scholar 1-3 years away from the job market? Learn more about applying to our emerging scholars program at this link: lawandpoliticaleconomy.org.
August 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
⭐️ Are you a scholar 1-3 years away from the job market? Learn more about applying to our emerging scholars program at this link: lawandpoliticaleconomy.org.
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Some key logistics:
⭐️ Submissions will be accepted from Aug 15-Sept 15. But we encourage early submissions by Sept 1.
📝 Papers, panels, and roundtables are welcome! You can only apply to one format, but you’re welcome to moderate another.
⭐️ Submissions will be accepted from Aug 15-Sept 15. But we encourage early submissions by Sept 1.
📝 Papers, panels, and roundtables are welcome! You can only apply to one format, but you’re welcome to moderate another.
August 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Some key logistics:
⭐️ Submissions will be accepted from Aug 15-Sept 15. But we encourage early submissions by Sept 1.
📝 Papers, panels, and roundtables are welcome! You can only apply to one format, but you’re welcome to moderate another.
⭐️ Submissions will be accepted from Aug 15-Sept 15. But we encourage early submissions by Sept 1.
📝 Papers, panels, and roundtables are welcome! You can only apply to one format, but you’re welcome to moderate another.
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📢 Heads up! The Association of Law & Political Economy is accepting submissions for our first-ever conference starting THIS Friday 🎉
August 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
📢 Heads up! The Association of Law & Political Economy is accepting submissions for our first-ever conference starting THIS Friday 🎉
🔈 🔉 🔊 ‼️ ‼️ ‼️
📢 Heads up! The Association of Law & Political Economy is accepting submissions for our first-ever conference starting THIS Friday 🎉
August 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🔈 🔉 🔊 ‼️ ‼️ ‼️
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Today, join us in thanking and wishing farewell to our tireless leader over these past several years: the one and only @corinneblalock.bsky.social. 🥳🤗🥲😢😭
Wishing you the best in your next chapter, and we look forward to harassing you to write blog posts about all of your incredible scholarship 😬
Wishing you the best in your next chapter, and we look forward to harassing you to write blog posts about all of your incredible scholarship 😬
Tough to say farewell to a colleague so supportive, wise, kind, creative, and devoted. Yet much like Chuckie, I've been looking forward to the day when my brilliant friend @corinneblalock.bsky.social decides to take off.
Thanks for everything, and good luck with what's ahead! 🎉🥂
Thanks for everything, and good luck with what's ahead! 🎉🥂
August 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today, join us in thanking and wishing farewell to our tireless leader over these past several years: the one and only @corinneblalock.bsky.social. 🥳🤗🥲😢😭
Wishing you the best in your next chapter, and we look forward to harassing you to write blog posts about all of your incredible scholarship 😬
Wishing you the best in your next chapter, and we look forward to harassing you to write blog posts about all of your incredible scholarship 😬
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i'm doomed to write a version of this essay every single year. i wrote about Matthew Yglesias' intellectual sophistry, LPE, Uber's business model, the problem with venture capital, economic welfare, "economic analysis," and more. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/ride-shari...
Ride-sharing apps are bad, actually
Or why Matthew Yglesias has no clue what he's talking about
thetechbubble.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
i'm doomed to write a version of this essay every single year. i wrote about Matthew Yglesias' intellectual sophistry, LPE, Uber's business model, the problem with venture capital, economic welfare, "economic analysis," and more. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/ride-shari...
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"We are here to affirm, uplift, and advocate for transgender and gender diverse youth...and we remain committed to doing all we can to support their care and well-being.”
Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/bost...
Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/bost...
Boston Children's Hospital says it won't be bullied into abandoning trans youth - LGBTQ Nation
The hospital has faced bomb threats, hate campaigns, and threats to funding over the years but has never wavered in supporting gender-affirming care.
www.lgbtqnation.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
"We are here to affirm, uplift, and advocate for transgender and gender diverse youth...and we remain committed to doing all we can to support their care and well-being.”
Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/bost...
Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/bost...