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Alex Hertel-Fernandez @awhf.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Over the past year, Sam Berger, Sophie Jacobson, and I have been thinking about how a federal rebuilding must center power-shifting, building civil society power for democracy. In @donmoyn.bsky.social's Substack we wrote up our lessons; we're excited to share what we're learning! 1/
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Sophie Jacobson @sophiejacobson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Rebuilding Democracy Requires Rebalancing Power
What does a power-shifting agenda look like?
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Sophie Jacobson @sophiejacobson.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Got to admit, discharge petitions weren't on my backsliding bingo card.
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Patrick Sullivan @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I don’t typically post much, but I’m excited to share a guest essay co-authored with @jacobhacker.bsky.social which was published today in the @nytimes.com, as well as two reports we just published at the @equitablegrowth.bsky.social on Republican’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
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Consortium on the American Political Economy (CAPE) @cape-team.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Join us for the 5th Research Conference on the American Political Economy, July 28-30 on zoom, 12-2:30pm ET, to discuss cutting-edge APE research! Register here: yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi... or check out the program (www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/events/annua...) featuring@adambonica.bsky.social
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: 2025 APE Annual Research Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
The 2025 APE Annual Research Conference will be held on Zoom from July 28 to 30 (Monday to Wednesday) from 12:00 to 2:30 pm ET each day.
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Consortium on the American Political Economy (CAPE) @cape-team.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Attention, Shoppers! @kthelen.bsky.social's latest @princetonupress.bsky.social book explains the political dynamics behind America's very, very large retailers. www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/attenti...
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Sophie Jacobson @sophiejacobson.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
My train is literally going backwards to rescue another Amtrak that lost power. Suppose I will embrace solidarity wherever I can find it. 🤗
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Sophie Jacobson @sophiejacobson.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
But, her emails!
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Sophie Jacobson @sophiejacobson.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
APSA 2025 is gonna be fun. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
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How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious
President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
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Consortium on the American Political Economy (CAPE) @cape-team.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
How does public opinion shape power plant siting in the US? Check out APEX Graduate Fellow @ericscheuch.bsky.social's excellent new article "Economic Incentives or Racial BIas?"! www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/apex-gr...
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APEX Graduate Fellow Eric Scheuch Publishes on Racial Inequity in US Power Plant Siting | Consortium on the American Political Economy
In a new article in Energy Research and Social Science, Eric Scheuch accounts for unexpected ways public opinion shapes racial inequity in the siting of power plants in the U.S.
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Sophie Jacobson @sophiejacobson.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
This piece was bound to be timely, but wow.
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Consortium on the American Political Economy (CAPE) @cape-team.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Checkout @isabelmperera.bsky.social & Trevor Brown's excellent new article in World Politics: Why States Do or Do Not Privatize! (There's a super handy companion methods piece in QMMR, too: zenodo.org/records/14062872) www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/why-sta...
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Why States Privatize? Isabel Perera & Trevor Brown Publish in World Politics | Consortium on the American Political Economy
Read Cornell APE scholars Isabel Perera and Trevor Brown's new article--Why States Do or Do Not Privatize: Cross-Class Coalitions in the Public Sector--in the latest World Politics! (Check out the acc...
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 13/12/2024
Lina Khan’s rule-of-law approach ensured clarity and consistency in antitrust enforcement. "In the end, businesses may well have underpriced the value of a stable operating environment that rewards competition rather than submission." @nikolusiani.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...
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Why Big Business May Wind Up Missing Lina Khan  | Washington Monthly
Why Big Business May Wind Up Missing Lina Khan: Multinationals often opposed Biden’s aggressive stand on antitrust. Trump’s industrial policy by temper tantrum gives corporations what they really hate...
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Consortium on the American Political Economy (CAPE) @cape-team.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The APE Blog's 1st book symposium is live—showcasing Sarah Straszak's outstanding Privatizing Justice: Arbitration & the Decline of Public Governance in the US! Read @kathleenthelen.bsky.social's intro and contributions from @jnovkov.bsky.social, Jeb Barnes, and Alex Colvin on CAPE's website:
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The American Political Economy Blog
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Sophie Jacobson @sophiejacobson.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Worst possible reminder to schedule a booster. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Trump expected to select RFK Jr. to lead HHS, Politico reports
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Politico reported on Thursday, citing a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13/11/2024
Further evidence that women aren't actually safer under the so-called "protection" of men. www.axios.com/2024/11/13/h...
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Homicide found to be top cause of maternal death
Pregnant women or those who've given birth in the past year are likelier to be murdered than die from medical causes.
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