Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah. Senior Fellow in Higher Education Finance, Jain Family Institute. Views my own. https://marshallsteinbaum.org/https://bsky.app/profile/econmarshall.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/econmarshall.bsky.social/post/3mjwg7f5yln24🚨🚨Revised paper 🚨🚨 The Balance of Power in Franchising w/@ulrichatz.org, Blake Eliason, @mikelipsitz.bsky.social, @pnorlander.bsky.social, & @stpinto.bsky.social. We built the 1st comprehensive panel dataset of franchise contract terms: 46,000 documents, 4,500 chains, 20+ provisions, 2009-2024. /120 Apr 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:cdag557v6j7tgnxtekqoudsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwg7f5yln24https://bsky.app/profile/econmarshall.bsky.social/post/3mipdy7i7pc2lREAD THIS [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:cdag557v6j7tgnxtekqoudsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mipdy7i7pc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/econmarshall.bsky.social/post/3mhspkyfomm2lNEW WORKING PAPER Minimum Wages and Vertical Restraints in Franchising joint with Swayam Sarangi, @stpinto.bsky.social, and Blake Eliason. https://marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/min_wage_vertical_restraints_franchising_3_23_26.pdf #EconSky /124 Mar 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:cdag557v6j7tgnxtekqoudsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhspkyfomm2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/econmarshall.bsky.social/post/3mhltsmpbhc2mhttps://regulations.utah.edu/academics/6-316.php21 Mar 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:cdag557v6j7tgnxtekqoudsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhltsmpbhc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/econmarshall.bsky.social/post/3mddizlxnok2zArgula von Grumbach admonishing the professoriate of Ingolstadt for expelling a Lutheran student. (From Lyndal Roper’s Summer of Fire and Blood)26 Jan 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:cdag557v6j7tgnxtekqoudsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddizlxnok2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/econmarshall.bsky.social/post/3mddizlxnok2zArgula von Grumbach admonishing the professoriate of Ingolstadt for expelling a Lutheran student. (From Lyndal Roper’s Summer of Fire and Blood)26 Jan 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:cdag557v6j7tgnxtekqoudsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddizlxnok2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/econmarshall.bsky.social/post/3md7hfffrv725One thing that happens to you if you research controversial topics is that referees feel free to completely shirk their duty to read & understand your paper in peer review, instead resorting to groundless insults and rank unprofessionalism. #EconSky25 Jan 2026 00:19 +0000at://did:plc:cdag557v6j7tgnxtekqoudsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3md7hfffrv725https://bsky.app/profile/econmarshall.bsky.social/post/3mcxj3jqlja2mLast week I discussed my paper "Rebuilding American Higher Education: from an Engine of Inequality to a Pillar of the Public Interest" (coauthored @andrewelrod.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social) w/@perrybaconjr.bsky.social at @newrepublic.com https://newrepublic.com/article/205484/trump-destroying-higher-ed-here-democrats-can-rebuild /121 Jan 2026 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:cdag557v6j7tgnxtekqoudsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxj3jqlja2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/econmarshall.bsky.social/post/3mcsesnofox2gI am pleased to present a NEW PAPER we’ve been working on for awhile: “An Antitrust Exemption for Collective Bargaining by Independent Contractors” coauthored w/Vince Mancini & Bob Stutchbury. Forthcoming from Antitrust Law Journal. Link to the paper: https://marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Mancini-Steinbaum-Stutchbury-2025-Antitrust-Exemption-for-IC-Collective-Bargaining-1-16-26.pdf /119 Jan 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:cdag557v6j7tgnxtekqoudsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcsesnofox2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/econmarshall.bsky.social/post/3mcn236ksms2vThe CDC is still paying reparations for Tuskegee while doing it again. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jan 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:cdag557v6j7tgnxtekqoudsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcn236ksms2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/econmarshall.bsky.social/post/3mcmubeprpc2gThis is indeed the basis of popular revolution: elite institutions with a lot to lose comply, but those with less are willing to put up a fight, which means when the regime loses credibility they’re the ones with any popular legitimacy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jan 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:cdag557v6j7tgnxtekqoudsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcmubeprpc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/econmarshall.bsky.social/post/3mbz2snerzs2jI lost my job at a progressive think tank partly over this, because it was seen as destructive to a big tent anti-trump coalition. The problem is, any coalition with libertarians is going to be incapable of defeating trump, as we’ve since learned. https://www.rawstory.com/amp/libertarianism-form-white-supremacy-economist-2649262410 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jan 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:cdag557v6j7tgnxtekqoudsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbz2snerzs2j