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Adrian Haws @adrianhaws.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

📢CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Virtual Economic History Workshop for early-career researchers The workshop turns 3 in January! 🎉🎉🎉 Presenters have come from 15 universities in 3 countries (list below) Sign up to present: forms.gle/vt21XRe4KA4J... Join the mailing list: forms.gle/tVWH2TPYaRuD... 1/

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Excited to present at #ASSA2026 tomorrow! Come to the Marriott a few minutes before the AEA Distinguished Lecture, and I'll explore how imperfect skill transferability (think: taxi-driving doctors) might explain some of the patterns shown by Leah Boustan and her colleagues

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I'm also very grateful to the 20 people who have presented, and for all of the attendees who show up, speak up, and invite your colleagues! /end

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I'm deeply grateful for a handful of people who have made this possible, especially Joe Price, @jacobvanecon.bsky.social, Ali Doxey, Will Cockriel, Helen Burkhardt, Jake Meyer, and @hwilbert.bsky.social 5/

Economic historians value rigorous empirics grounded in historical context, using unique sources of data. And economics values economic history; just ask Claudia Goldin and Joel Mokyr! 4/

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Presenters have come from... Canada: Toronto, UBC UK: Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews US: Cornell, Chicago, BYU, George Mason, CU-Boulder, UCSD, Notre Dame, Florida State, Texas A&M, Wisconsin And attendees from many more places! 3/

This workshop came out of a conversation with @jacobvanecon.bsky.social where we both wished we had a forum to get feedback on research ideas in economic history. It started as a small group, but there was a lot of demand! 2/

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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

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Haley Wilbert @hwilbert.bsky.social is an applied microeconomist with interests in demography, health, history, and labor. Her JMP is "After the Cut: Cesarean Delivery and Subsequent Fertility." She also has a publication in Explorations in Economic History. sites.google.com/view/haleywi...

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Haley Wilbert

Email: hwilbert@nd.edu

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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 15/11/2025

One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.

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Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics

The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 12/11/2025

The Friends of BLS are currently seeking organizational and individual support for our FY26 BLS Endorsement Letter and hope you will join us by signing on as an organization or individual. #EconSky #NumbersDay

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Cornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse. Read our full statement here:

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Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government

The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…

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But fortunately, university administrators are not the only ones with power. Today is a good day to speak out!

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Cornell's agreement weakens the collective ability of ALL American universities to resist undue govt interference in research, teaching, hiring, and admissions.

The agreement was made without discussions with faculty, students, or staff. Now there's a town hall *after* the deed is done.

AJC, ACE, AAU, Others Unite Against Antisemitism, Caution on Federal Overreach

As part of the AAU, Cornell signed a statement in May saying that Trump's attacks "ultimately detract from the necessary fight against antisemitism while threatening the global preeminence of America’s research universities and colleges." The words don't quite connect with actions here.

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AJC, ACE, AAU, and other partner organizations issued a joint statement today pledging concrete reforms to combat campus antisemitism while warning that recent federal actions threaten academic freedo...

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Trump, Vance and the attack on American universities

Remember how J.D. Vance said that conservatives should “aggressively attack the universities in this country"? By capitulating with a financial settlement, Cornell is showing the Trump admin that these attacks work.

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The White House’s charge of antisemitism is a cynical tactic to pursue a broader attack on academic freedom

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An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University

Disappointed in Cornell's announcement today. Despite finding no violations of the law, Cornell will make a direct $30 million direct payment "as a condition for ending pending claims."

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