American Political Economy
Experts on government and markets (aka "democratic capitalism") in the United States: its past, its present, its fraught future.
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@jacobhacker.bsky.social
@awiedemann.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton | Political Economy and Inequality | abwiedemann.com
@mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Public Policy at UAlbany studying political economy of education policy, former teacher, baker of biscuits, momma. https://sites.google.com/view/melissa-lyon
@stephanieternullo.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard, studying place and political identity in the U.S. Check out my book! How the Heartland Went Red https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691249704/how-the-heartland-went-red
@mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Political Scientist, University of Michigan School of Public Health. Rural Politics and Health Disparities. https://www.michaeleshepherd.com
@sophiejacobson.bsky.social
@basicmountain.bsky.social
@sarahbinder.bsky.social
Political scientist by day (and night). GWU and Brookings. Co-editor, https://goodauthority.org/ sarahbinder.weebly.com
@citizencohn.bsky.social
Writer at The Bulwark Author of The Ten Year War Lecturer @UMichigan Fan of Red Sox, Dolphins, Wolverines & Billy Joel Proud husband & dad Email cohn [at] thebulwark.com Signal CitizenCohn.41
@eleanormueller.bsky.social
Congressional economics reporter for POLITICO who held out on this app as long as she could.
@dynarski.bsky.social
Economist & Prof at Harvard | First-gen college grad | Education, economics, inequality | Shitposts are in a Boston accent | former union organizer NYT Columns https://bit.ly/3TbaxXV https://linktr.ee/susan.dynarski www.susandynarski.com
@deanbaker13.bsky.social
Economist at the Center for Economic Research. Father to two dogs.
@jrothst.bsky.social
Economist, public policy wonk, professor at UC Berkeley, faculty director of California Policy Lab & Center for Studies in Higher Education
@zey.bsky.social
It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
@kashenj.bsky.social
Practical idealist. Feminist. Mom. Director, Women’s Economic Justice @tcfdotorg. Coach. Building an equitable world. Posts are mine.
@elainemaag.bsky.social
Current: Tax Policy Advisor, Equity Hub, US Treasury (detail); Senior Fellow, Tax Policy Center; low-income families, children
@toddntucker.bsky.social
Director, Industrial Policy & Trade, @RooseveltInstitute.org, @RooseveltForward.org. Political scientist of economic transitions, administrative states, Bidenomics, Trumpnomics. Fellows @Harvard Kennedy School. Lectures @JHU. PhD.
@kedseconomist.com
Labor economist, opinion writer, policy consultant, podcaster https://linkin.bio/kathrynanneedwards/
@jbf1755.bsky.social
Childless bird lady. Historian of “early” US politics & culture; howl re: democracy on a daily basis. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird. https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
@volts.wtf
I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
@gretchentg.bsky.social
President @ucsusa.bsky.social Previously: USDOT, White House OSTP, 500 Women Scientists. Environmental engineer. Mom. Cyclist. Public Transit Enthusiast. Views my own. She/her.
@proffionasm.bsky.social
Economics professor;, competition, antitrust, IO, healthcare
@dianabhenriques.bsky.social
Six books include "Taming the Street," on FDR's historic financial reforms, and NYT bestseller 'The Wizard of Lies,' on Madoff's historic fraud, now an HBO movie. A half-century of writing and reading. Loves life, really loves puppies.
@kclausing.bsky.social
Economist; Professor @law.ucla.edu; senior fellow @piie.com; former tax DAS at Treasury; Author, Open: The Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital
@judychevalier.bsky.social
Economist, Nonprofit and philanthropy educator, New Havenite, family person, cocktail maker.
@louisenorris.bsky.social
Health policy analyst. Health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, health care reform. I write for healthinsurance.org, medicareresources.org, Verywell.com, and healthinsurancecolorado.net. She/Her
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
@noamscheiber.bsky.social
Labor and workplace reporter at the New York Times, former New Republic writer. Author of "The Escape Artists," about Obama and the Great Recession.
@nirupama.bsky.social
Economist, Assistant Professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, Senior Economist Obama White House CEA
@econsandy.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and Former Member of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, animal-lover. Health Insurance is a human right. Poverty is a policy choice.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Professor of Law, University of CA, Irvine School of Law • Technology & Society • Work Law • Precarity • Race General Counsel AAUP Sam's sister ❤️
@annielowrey.bsky.social
Writer on economic policy, bureaucracy, household finances, and the human relationship with animals, among other stuff, at The Atlantic. Ping me on annie@theatlantic.com and annielowrey.25 on Signal.
@sharonparrott.bsky.social
President of Center on Budget and Policy Priorities , formerly OMB/HHS, Nats fan, mom.
@mollyereynolds.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, @brookings.edu. Still not the Senate Parliamentarian.
@crampell.bsky.social
MSNBC anchor/co-host of The Weekend: Primetime, Sat/Sun 6-9pm. Washington Post syndicated op-ed columnist. Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
@narosenblum.bsky.social
Associate Professor @NYULaw | Legal History, Administrative State, New York State Courts | “agenda-driven naysayer whose head instantiates academic ethers”
@allipatter.bsky.social
Political scientist studying law and justice with not so secret dreams of headlining a Broadway variety show. Jersey to the core. 💕💚
@corinneblalock.bsky.social
Executive Director of @lpeproject.bsky.social | lecturer in all the senses at YLS | also @lpenyc.bsky.social | JD, PhD | opinions are mine alone
@bfschaffner.bsky.social
Political scientist ~ Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies at Tufts ~ CES Whisperer ~ #COYS #GoDawgs
@drscottjames.bsky.social
Reader in Political Economy, King’s College London www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-scott-james Finance, power, ideas BANK POLITICS (OUP, 2023) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/bank-politics-9780192898609?cc=gb&lang=en&
@sean-gailmard.bsky.social
Herman Royer Professor of Political Economy, University of California - Berkeley, Department of Political Science
@adhilt.bsky.social
Prof of Politics at Mount Holyoke College. APD, parties, and all that good stuff. Author of True Blues — https://www.pennpress.org/9780812252996/true-blues/
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
PoliSci/Comm @ UW-Madison via UMich. Views mine, ~90% right. US democracy, votes, violence, history, psych. Post-post-post-post doc. Dad w/ jokes. Lapsed 🧙🏻. 🥏⛳🏆. Avid 🧗. Congress said I have "tremendous sway over SM platforms" 😂 nathankalmoe.com
@ctscholarsnetwork.bsky.social
CT chapter of @scholars.org, connecting researchers to policymakers, civic leaders & journalists to improve policy and strengthen democracy. #ScholarReflections op-eds @ctmirror.org scholars.org/membership
@raylaraja.bsky.social
UMass political scientist, co-director @UMassPoll, elections, pol parties, campaign finance, Mets fan and Iron Chef contender
@daviddagan.bsky.social
Director of editorial and academic affairs at Niskanen Center. Read Hypertext: hypertext.niskanencenter.org. Read The Liberal Fortress: daviddagan.substack.com. Book: http://amzn.to/29rrt90.
@joshchafetz.bsky.social
Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law and Politics, Georgetown Law: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/josh-chafetz/ Author, most recently, of _Congress's Constitution_: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0300248334/
@ispsyale.bsky.social
The Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale advances interdisciplinary research to shape public policy and inform democratic deliberation.
@malpas.bsky.social
government PhD student @ Harvard. parties, factions, inequality. https://www.ameliamalpas.com/
@elizabethkai.bsky.social
Historian of U.S. Inequality, Author of America on Fire and From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime, Professor of History, Black Studies, and Law @Yale
@rourkeobrien.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Sociology @ Yale public finance, economic mobility, household finance, health, demography, public policy
@zliscow.bsky.social
Economist & lawyer. Professor at Yale Law School: economic and tax policy, infrastructure costs. Formerly OMB Chief Economist. https://law.yale.edu/zachary-liscow
@hahrie.bsky.social
Director of @SNFAgoraJHU, Professor of PolSci, Director of P3 Lab @JohnsHopkins. Studying organizing, movements, civic engagement, democracy. All views my own.
@tommyo.bsky.social
cities, politics, Chicago. tomogorzalek.com, 2040strategygroup.com
@adamsheingate.bsky.social
Political Science Johns Hopkins University US politics, Ag policy, American political development.
@pculpepper.bsky.social
Professor of Government and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
@mattgrossmann.bsky.social
Michigan State political scientist & IPPSR Director; Hooked bookstore/cafe Co-owner; Science of Politics Podcast; New book: Polarized by Degrees
@jasonanastas.bsky.social
Politics of science & tech, populism & democratic backsliding. Causal inference addict. Acolyte of Rev. Bayes. Ἀεὶ ὁ θεὸς γεωμετρεῖ. http://anastasopoulos.io
@darazed.bsky.social
@ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social
Professor, Vanderbilt Law School; Director, Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
@faricy.bsky.social
Director, Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University. Detroiter. the original Midwestern dad. Michigan & UNC alum. Author of Welfare for the Wealthy and Other Side of the Coin. Opinions are my own.
@stasavage.bsky.social
Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor, Department of Politics, NYU. Author of The Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today.
@lizsuhay.bsky.social
Political scientist at American University. Studying political psychology / socioeconomic inequality / politicization of science. www.elizabethsuhay.com
@robmickey.bsky.social
Political Science @umich. book: https://bit.ly/3YQWgEi. US Reconstruction & nation building w/ David Waldner; policing w/ @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social + @dziblatt.bsky.social; race & democratic attitudes w/ V. Hutchings & @jardina.bsky.social.
@rfunkfordham.bsky.social
public policy phd student @ uc berkeley | us democracy, american political economy, money in politics, quantitative methods
@paulfr.bsky.social
@daschloz.bsky.social
Political scientist (at Johns Hopkins) and political button collector.
@adambonica.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | Pro-democracy
@isabelmperera.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell Author of The Welfare Workforce (CUP, open-access: https://tinyurl.com/yc2t9hw5) www.isabelmperera.com
@dannydaneri.bsky.social
Poli Sci Professor @Syracuse Maxwell School PhD @ Princeton, Interest Groups, Labor, Inequality, I mostly make historical data-sets, often run experiments; Philly organizer
@chasefoster.bsky.social
Lecturer in Politics, King’s College London. http://www.chasefoster.com
@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
@djgalvin.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University. Labor politics & policy, alt-labor, wage theft, APD & APE. https://sites.northwestern.edu/danieljgalvin/
@natekelly.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science | Author of Hijacking the Agenda, America's Inequality Trap, and The Politics of Income Inequality in the United States | Lover of great food and travel.
@chloethurston.bsky.social
Political scientist @ Northwestern. American political development and political economy. Politics of housing, credit, and debt. New Book: The Political Development of American Debt Relief.
@blibgober.bsky.social
Northwestern political science professor slash Chicago man. Researches bureaucratic politics, political economy, access to justice, other stuff.
@cape-team.bsky.social
Consortium on the American Political Economy | www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org
@awhf.bsky.social
Columbia SIPA professor studying labor policy, politics of policy design, and political economy. Co-director of Consortium on American Political Economy & Columbia Labor Lab. Former Biden-Harris Department of Labor and Office of Management and Budget.
@suresh.bsky.social
@alanyan.bsky.social
UC Berkeley PhD student interested in labor unions and American politics
@rubenmathisen.bsky.social
Political Scientist at University of Bergen🇳🇴 Research on inequality, public opinion, and policy. I like charts 📊📈 Website: www.rubenmathisen.com
@jmcrosson.bsky.social
Asst. Prof, Purdue Political Science. Legislatures, interest groups, parties, and institutional reform. Co-Director, Program on American Institutional Renewal (PAIR). www.jessemcrosson.com https://cla.purdue.edu/academic/polsci/research/labs/pair-program/
@vanessawilliamson.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution & Tax Policy Center. New book! "The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History" (Basic Books, coming September 2025!)
@zhaoliresearch.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at NYU Stern. Political economist by training. Corporate political strategy, stakeholder management, organized interests and social movements, ESG, CSR, and social impact. https://www.zhao-li.net
@wpmarble.bsky.social
Political scientist at Penn | Public opinion, political economy, housing, Philly politics | williammarble.co
@elizabethelder.bsky.social
Political scientist studying behavior, knowledge, & attitudes towards government. Currently @ Hoover Institution, formerly @ UC Berkeley.
@profsorelle.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @ Duke Sanford | Author of Democracy Declined: The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection | Aspiring Renaissance woman
@ccavaille.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Ford School (U-M). If you are looking for a book titled "Fair Enough?" here it is 👇 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009366038 https://a.co/d/b6yL5d3
@garlicksauce.bsky.social
UVM political scientist. Congress, lobbying, state politics. Author of "Pre-Existing Conditions: How Lobbying Makes American Health Care More Expensive" (to come in 2025, OUP) www.alexgarlick.com
@ericpatashnik.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University. New book: Countermobilization: Policy Feedback and Backlash in a Polarized Age https://home.watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/watson-faculty/eric-patashnik
@hankinson.bsky.social
Political Scientist at George Washington University. Fellow at Princeton CSDP www.mhankinson.com
@noamlupu.bsky.social
Vanderbilt political scientist • Director of CGD and LAPOP Lab • author http://amzn.to/2x5DuN5