Harry Konstantinidis
@xkonstantinidis.bsky.social
Associate professor of economics, University of Massachusetts Boston. Χάρης Κωνσταντινίδης.
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‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
WASHINGTON—Responding to recent revelations suggesting the prominent economist was a close associate of the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a devastated nation reportedly joined together to...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
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The statute banning "unconscionable" business practices in NYC is really powerful, I was told about it a couple weeks ago
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
Lina Khan’s populist plan for New York: Cheaper hot dogs (and other things)
Zohran Mamdani’s new aide will focus on “excavating the law” to lower prices, borrowing from her legal playbook at the Federal Trade Commission.
www.semafor.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The statute banning "unconscionable" business practices in NYC is really powerful, I was told about it a couple weeks ago
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
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A last minute reminder: we are hiring in health economics this year (JOE ad linked below). Review of applications begins November 15!
We are hiring! We are conducting a tenure-track search in health economics (Assistant Professor level). Our department is committed to methodological & theoretical pluralism, with focus on issues of poverty, inequality, gender, & race. The JOE ad is here: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A last minute reminder: we are hiring in health economics this year (JOE ad linked below). Review of applications begins November 15!
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Tax the rich. Billionaire tears not pictured.
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Tax the rich. Billionaire tears not pictured.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical, it speaks to how far we have drifted from democracy‘s core promises. Markets will not beat back the far right. An antifascist economics might. Mamdani provides a playbook for democrats around the world.
My latest
My latest
Zohran Mamdani shows how Democrats can defeat authoritarians like Trump | Isabella Weber
Democrats have two choices: fight to make life affordable again for ordinary people or watch voters embrace authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical, it speaks to how far we have drifted from democracy‘s core promises. Markets will not beat back the far right. An antifascist economics might. Mamdani provides a playbook for democrats around the world.
My latest
My latest
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It’s quite impressive how Mamdani has pulled almost every Dem into his coalition, not him into theirs. He keeps the door open for everyone but true enemies (Adams, Cuomo) & rather than try to extort a Hochul into a promise, he just puts her onstage & lets the popular will confront her. Amazing.
Governor Kathy Hochul is speaking on stage, but the crowd keeps interrupting to chant #TaxTheRich
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It’s quite impressive how Mamdani has pulled almost every Dem into his coalition, not him into theirs. He keeps the door open for everyone but true enemies (Adams, Cuomo) & rather than try to extort a Hochul into a promise, he just puts her onstage & lets the popular will confront her. Amazing.
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A federal prosecutor who resisted President Trump’s demands to bring charges against Letitia James, the New York state attorney general, was fired along with her deputy on Friday evening, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Prosecutor Who Rejected Trump’s Pressure to Charge James Is Fired
The dismissal was the latest fallout from attempts by career Justice Department officials to impede the president’s wide-ranging campaign of retribution. The prosecutor’s deputy was also fired.
nyti.ms
October 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A federal prosecutor who resisted President Trump’s demands to bring charges against Letitia James, the New York state attorney general, was fired along with her deputy on Friday evening, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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"We have an economy where a handful of modern-day robber barons wield extraordinary power. They hold enormous control over our paychecks, our bills, our time, and our futures.
...But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable." - Lina Khan
...But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable." - Lina Khan
October 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"We have an economy where a handful of modern-day robber barons wield extraordinary power. They hold enormous control over our paychecks, our bills, our time, and our futures.
...But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable." - Lina Khan
...But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable." - Lina Khan
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ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
October 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
This is pretty embarrassing. @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, what do you think?
Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.
October 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is pretty embarrassing. @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, what do you think?
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Just noting that this reporting is from the correspondent for that radical rag...The Economist
I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America
October 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Just noting that this reporting is from the correspondent for that radical rag...The Economist
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UNTIL IT'S DONE, Ep. 2
When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.
109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.
109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
September 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
UNTIL IT'S DONE, Ep. 2
When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.
109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.
109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
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Zohran Mamdani thinks access to healthy food should be a public good. RFK JR.'s MAHA coalition thinks it’s a matter of personal responsibility.
@rajpatel.org on our broken food system and the real roots of American unwellness:
@rajpatel.org on our broken food system and the real roots of American unwellness:
MAHA v. Mamdani - Boston Review
Our broken food system and the real roots of American unwellness.
www.bostonreview.net
September 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Zohran Mamdani thinks access to healthy food should be a public good. RFK JR.'s MAHA coalition thinks it’s a matter of personal responsibility.
@rajpatel.org on our broken food system and the real roots of American unwellness:
@rajpatel.org on our broken food system and the real roots of American unwellness:
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Fed governor Lisa Cook listed contested home as vacation property on.ft.com/46hiIu7
Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook listed contested home as vacation property
Documents appear to contradict White House allegation that she committed mortgage fraud
on.ft.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Fed governor Lisa Cook listed contested home as vacation property on.ft.com/46hiIu7
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Incredible. Trump drags the reputation of a highly regarded economist, first Black woman to be a Fed gov, thru the mud claiming she committed mortgage fraud. But the documents his appointee to run Fannie & Freddie got for him & that he said showed fraud don’t actually say that.
The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.
Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.
These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.
These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show
A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Incredible. Trump drags the reputation of a highly regarded economist, first Black woman to be a Fed gov, thru the mud claiming she committed mortgage fraud. But the documents his appointee to run Fannie & Freddie got for him & that he said showed fraud don’t actually say that.
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I’m a proud UC Berkeley graduate and I am appalled and angered by this McCarthyism. Judith Butler—just to cite one example— is not an antisemite but a principled philosopher devoted to justice for all, not just particular populations.
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I’m a proud UC Berkeley graduate and I am appalled and angered by this McCarthyism. Judith Butler—just to cite one example— is not an antisemite but a principled philosopher devoted to justice for all, not just particular populations.
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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The tech oligarchs at this event are the weak men in the “weak men create hard times…” meme
Zuckerberg saying Meta intends to spend at least 600 billion in the US
Zuckerberg at the end caught on a hot mic
Zuckerberg at the end caught on a hot mic
September 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The tech oligarchs at this event are the weak men in the “weak men create hard times…” meme
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There’s power in unity — and in a union.
A morning of solidarity and celebration at the NYC Labor Day Parade. #UnionStrong
A morning of solidarity and celebration at the NYC Labor Day Parade. #UnionStrong
September 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There’s power in unity — and in a union.
A morning of solidarity and celebration at the NYC Labor Day Parade. #UnionStrong
A morning of solidarity and celebration at the NYC Labor Day Parade. #UnionStrong
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it is always worth remembering that vance made a conscious decision to be a person of low character. he has eagerly contorted himself into evil for the sake of what amounts to a whiff of power.
This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
September 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
it is always worth remembering that vance made a conscious decision to be a person of low character. he has eagerly contorted himself into evil for the sake of what amounts to a whiff of power.
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The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
September 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
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NEW PIECE: Powell and the Federal Reserve System has already failed to meet the moment and not defending Lisa Cook will seal both Powell's and the Fed's fate.
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
Powell Will Hang Separately: The Federal Reserve Has Already Failed its Duty to Lisa Cook and the Constitution
This is a free Notes on the Crises article. A reminder to readers that the various activities run out of the still-new Notes on the Crises office cost money, while an enormous amount of time and effor...
www.crisesnotes.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
NEW PIECE: Powell and the Federal Reserve System has already failed to meet the moment and not defending Lisa Cook will seal both Powell's and the Fed's fate.
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...