If energy and food companies only passed on higher prices, their profits would not increase. Hence, this is profiteering? This is the natural consequence of the incentives in our economy. It is about money, not about the public good. #EconSky #PoliSky

There are so many reasons to stop burning fossil fuels, one of them being that the air pollution makes people sick. 🧪 #MedSky #PoliSky #EconSky

"A rigorous, unflinching examination of how racial inequities have been embedded within the design, implementation, and administration of Social Security across generations" Rebecca Vallas

The Color of Social Security by Jon C. Dubin, Out Now
https://cup.org/4xINWWQ

#LawSky #USPol #PoliSky

"A rigorous, unflinching examination of how racial inequities have been embedded within the design, implementation, and administration of Social Security across generations" Rebecca Vallas

The Color of Social Security by Jon C. Dubin, Out Now
https://cup.org/4xINWWQ

#LawSky #USPol #PoliSky

Speed is a currency the impatient spend and the positioned collect.

#econsky #philsky #polisky

This week is your chance to support #firstgeneration political scientists!

Make a contribution to the #APSAAnnualFund thru October 4! Your gift will directly support travel grants for scholars and will be matched up to $6K.

Learn more and donate here: buff.ly/AtaWAfW #polisky

Expert methods support for your next research project 🔎

❄️ Our Methods School returns this winter, 15–26 Feb 2027, with online training in computational, causal, survey, qualitative & comparative approaches

👇 Preview courses and sign up for early booking access

#ResearchMethods #PoliSky #ecprms

A pair of East Tennessee boys made good!

Kefauver and Hollywood actor James Dobson (no relation to the evangelical leader) happened to pay a visit to the offices of the Knoxville News-Sentinel at the same time in October 1958.

#skystorians #history #polisky

Offsetting the climate and the economy is not just a logical fallacy, because you can change the economy but not the laws of physics. It is also impossible, because the real-world damage of global warming will also devastate the economy. #EconSky #PoliSky 🧪

Worth highlighting the difference between worker deaths at Cargill and the silence on everyday practice in healthcare: when OHS failures kill nurses, no one cares.

Hospital IPC owns OHS, controls diagnoses and treatment, does their own body counts - and buries their own mistakes.

#polisky #cdnpoli

There is really no logic in this. A profit-oriented company that holds a monopoly is fined for breaches of regulations and industry standards. This will be paid by the customers. Where is the accountability of those who are responsible for the breaches?
#EconSky #PoliSky

Submit #TLC2027 Proposals for:

"America @ 250"

This track allows participants to share how they are a) celebrating the nation at 250; b) facilitating critique from students and fellow scholars of how far the nation has come, and how far it has to go, in ensuring rights and liberties; ...

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#polisky #poltheory

Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics #ECPRMemberJobs
🪜 Open to candidates at different career stages within the full professor rank
🏫 European University Institute
⌛ Thursday 15 October
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#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky

Agreed, we need a more supportive society that gives people confidence that nobody will be left behind. #PoliSky #EconSky

What counts as civic engagement? What can political scientists do in the classroom to address issues such as civic trust, tolerance, and voting?

Submit #TLC2027 Proposals for:

"Civic Education & Engagement"

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Open Rank Professor in Political Theory #ECPRMemberJobs
📅 Starting date of Spring or Fall 2027
🏫 Bilkent University
⌛ Wednesday 30 September
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The most powerful weapon in politics: Estes Kefauver's right hand!

Here he's deploying it in Minnesota during the 1956 Presidential primaries. His upset win there over Adlai Stevenson jolted the race and forced Stevenson to adopt Kefauver's campaign techniques.

#polisky #history #skystorians