Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I write a lot about what it looks like to compare legal frameworks and cultural narratives at either end of the wealth spectrum. Works with witches and witchcraft accusations too. 010 1
Reposted by Allison TaitMeera Deo @meeradeo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Hope you’ll join me in Hong Kong next summer for LSA! 021 2
Reposted by Allison TaitKate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Since I've been reading too much zombie mushroom sci fi space odysseys, it's natural that my review of a book on the law of capitalism leans heavily on the virus metaphor and is not at all strange and weird. 151 5
Reposted by Allison TaitBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026theonion.comNation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned ImmediatelyWASHINGTON—Affirming the importance of traditions like Columbus Day to other Americans, the nation’s 573 federally recognized Indian nations released a joint statement Monday confirming they don’t nee... 553605587 3.6K
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Jeff Bezos doesn't like the oppressor/oppressed idea. So we should definitely stop. Waiting for the memo that teaching wealth inequality is banned. (Actually it probably already is somewhere.)fortune.comJeff Bezos says people have been ‘incorrectly’ taught that success is a villain: 'You can be a billionaire if you started a hamburger stand,' he slams | FortuneWith $372 billion to his name, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says Americans have been taught to view billionaire success in the wrong light. 110 1
Reposted by Allison TaitKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Looking forward to the same scrutiny being impartially applied to Elon Musk and Melania Trump, whose immigration documents are much much worse than anything alleged about Omar's father 462890715 2.9K
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In case you're gearing up for this year's season of the witch and still want to hear about inheritance: allisontait.substack.com/p/househunti...allisontait.substack.comThe Rentier WitchThe inherited income it took for Lolly Willowes to meet Satan 020 2
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Books finding good homes. Nothing better! Happy that The House That Family Money Built is out in the world and making friends! 050 5
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What a Tuesday!! So happy the book found a good home (and partner in arrival)! Happy reading 110 1
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is putting $35 million into a two-year college alternative in San Francisco, with another $7 million from other backers. Less a college, more a workshop where "bright young minds" can put their talent to use in service of the founders and their profits.allisontait.substack.comInheritance, Inc.: College EditionHow venture capital is building a new system of inherited privilege on campus 130 3
Reposted by Allison TaitLPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Also hitting the shelves this week: @athenais.bsky.social's new book, *The House That Family Money Built: How Inequality Governs Debt and Wealth Management.*ucpress.eduThe House That Family Money Built by Allison Tait - PaperScholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change. 152 5
Reposted by Allison Taitmelindacooper.bsky.social @melindacooper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026exciting new book by Alison Tait! The House that Family Money Built 071 7
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Today is officially launch day! The House That Family Money Built is out. 📚 🚀 🎉 To those who read drafts, listened to me talk about dynasty trusts for years without visible distress, helped me refine my thoughts with good questions. Thank you, truly. Good reviews from first reader. 👇🏻🐈⬛🥳 1196 19
Reposted by Allison TaitAllison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Pre-orders of The House That Family Money Built are out in the wild! I got emails this morning from some friends and colleagues who received their copies today and it's exciting to see the book in the hands of readers. 🥳 Official publication date is Sept. 15th. Plenty of time left to order. 021 2
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Pre-orders of The House That Family Money Built are out in the wild! I got emails this morning from some friends and colleagues who received their copies today and it's exciting to see the book in the hands of readers. 🥳 Official publication date is Sept. 15th. Plenty of time left to order. 021 2
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 14/08/2026New data from the Boston Fed shows how Massachusetts reflects patterns of wealth inequality. White families hold a median net wealth of $549,200. For Black families, it drops to $7,800. For Hispanic families, it's just $1,200. System is working the way it was designed to work. 031 3
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 14/08/2026When retirement savings becomes wealth sheltering? 030 3
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Who has access to leisure and health? There's a social geography of inequality that underlies summer vacation as well as a question of time. allisontait.substack.com/p/vitamin-se... 010 1
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 04/08/2026No future is exactly what we should all be reading in the pro-natalist moment. www.thenewsminute.com/opinion/no-p... 010 1
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Heirs property and inheritance inequality. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/b...nytimes.comLeaving Property to Your Heirs Can Lead to Headache, not Robust WealthReal estate passed down without a clear title of ownership can prevent families from creating generational wealth. 020 2
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 30/07/2026What Buffett Says. And What Buffett does. Talked to Fortune about this one.fortune.comWarren Buffett is handing $140 billion to his family's foundations. The way he's doing it reveals how billionaire philanthropy really works | FortunePeople assumed Buffett was avoiding taxes or warehousing the money. Experts say the more telling question is how he's giving it away. 010 1
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 30/07/2026One of the original forms of the surveillance state? Credit ratings. This week's post is a book preview and recounts how credit rating have always been not only moral as well as financial accountings but also tools for the surveillance of populations and the security of capital.open.substack.comHow We Learned to Love Being WatchedCreditworthiness, credit ratings, and how the system trained us to give up our data privacy 010 1
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 15/07/2026What we're not talking about when it comes to the "great wealth transfer": Almost three quarters of those expected to inherit from Baby Boomers are already in the top 10% by household net worth. www.wealthmanagement.com/high-net-wor...wealthmanagement.comWealth Transfer Will Boost Richest Families MostAlmost three-quarters of those set to inherit from Baby Boomers are already in the top 10% by household net worth 000 0
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Family money is building media houses and dynastic wealth is accumulating and consolidating in real time. The Ellisons, The Redstones. The Murdochs. It's old-home day at the billionaire club. www.craincurrency.com/investing/fa...craincurrency.comFamily money is buying control of the American newsroom — and answering to no oneRecent purchases of media properties are raising questions about editorial independence. 002 2
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Friends. I've got a new book website. No cat pics, yet. But check it out anyway. www.allisonannatait.comallisonannatait.comAllison Anna Tait I AuthorExplore the legal causes of wealth inequality with Allison Anna Tait, Author. 081 8
Reposted by Allison TaitHolly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Empire strikes back 0163 16
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Way to deflect from wealth taxes. Very not transparent. 000 0
Reposted by Allison TaitKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Imagine debasing yourself Peter Thiel's marketing guy and thinking you have the room to sneer at *anyone* much less a goddamn MacArthur Fellowship winner with a PhD. "Lord, give me the confidence of a mediocre white man." 933542 335
Reposted by Allison TaitJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 20/05/2026I'm not a plumber. But I'm pretty sure that's not how sinks work. 53764941226 6.5K
Reposted by Allison TaitJill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 20/05/2026On this day in 1996, the Supreme Court decided Romer v. Evans, striking down an amendment to the Colorado Constitution that prohibited the state from including gay people in anti-discrimination protections. Justice Scalia wrote a furious dissent. #WeTheMen 061 6
Reposted by Allison TaitCharlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The scale is horrifying. (The proposal is to let companies set their own line speed - but the current max is already *1,106* hogs/hour.) 32011 20
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 20/05/2026If you're interested in child support, pipelines to incarceration, and high-wealth exceptionalism, I've got a sneak preview from my forthcoming book for you. The book, The House That Family Money Built, publishes on September 15th with @ucpress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/allisont... 010 1
Reposted by Allison TaitMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Shocking stuff from the CEO of Vornado Realty Trust on his latest earnings call: 53599117 599
Reposted by Allison TaitJames Brandt @jamesbrandt.bsky.social · 06/05/2026A nice example of how public hearings can mobilize democratic constituencies (laudatory). 032 3
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Second in a series about what the exceptions to coverture teach us. Spoiler alert: obtaining right for married women was tied to expanding support for the capital that drove markets. open.substack.com/pub/allisont... 010 1
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 01/05/2026If you're looking for a little coverture history today, your wishes have come true. This week's Substack is about how the law imagined a woman's full legal personhood long before the end of coverture. It simply reserved that personhood for the Queen. allisontait.substack.com/p/to-be-the-...allisontait.substack.comTo Be the QueenOn queens, coverture, and how law selectively extends personhood 000 0
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 16/04/2026First there was a glimpse at the cover 🤩 Now the book is actually available to pre-order! 🎉 You can pre-order right now (great way to start the day)!! ⬇️ and very soon through @ucpress.bsky.social. 👍🏻 amzn.to/4tUCSV6 021 2
Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · 01/04/2026We’re in a new era of coverture. Coverture 2.0, however, is not just a return to the patriarchal household and a bevy of tradwives. Coverture 2.0 is a framework of legal oppression eroding the legal advances that gave women property rights. Read (and subscribe!) 👇🏻 open.substack.com/pub/allisont...open.substack.comCoverture 2.0Rebooting a legal regime of enforced dependency 033 3