Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, Director, Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of Chicagohttps://bsky.app/profile/durlauf.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/durlauf.bsky.social/post/3mid5ynbm3c2jPlease join us! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:t5ff5xdfobfmx2c3mp5maeu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mid5ynbm3c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/durlauf.bsky.social/post/3mezjx3uiik2yAn extremely valuable synthesis of evidence on the effects of Head Start by @chloergibbs.bsky.social. Recommended! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2026 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:t5ff5xdfobfmx2c3mp5maeu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mezjx3uiik2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/durlauf.bsky.social/post/3mezjbwjwkk2l1/ Tommaso Giommoni, Gabriel Loumeau, and Marco Tabellini have written a fascinating paper on the forces influencing the dynamics of the French Revolution, ranging from The Great Fear to the decision to execute Louis XVI. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:t5ff5xdfobfmx2c3mp5maeu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mezjbwjwkk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/durlauf.bsky.social/post/3metr2asyvk2w1/ Delighted that this paper with my coauthors extraordinaire, @gtwodtke.bsky.social, Weiqi Wang, and Kristina Butaeva has been released. I want to highlight two of my coauthors. (Geoff Wodtke is a star sociologist and needs no introduction!) [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Feb 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:t5ff5xdfobfmx2c3mp5maeu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3metr2asyvk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/durlauf.bsky.social/post/3meojl7pfdk2yI am delighted that this great conversation with Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan has posted. Their extraordinary work on intergenerational mobility and immigrants speaks to essential dimensions of the extent of equality of opportunity and of the process of assimilation. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Feb 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:t5ff5xdfobfmx2c3mp5maeu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3meojl7pfdk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/durlauf.bsky.social/post/3meeqfziwt22c1/Universities need to systematically address the findings in the Epstein files. In my opinion, every university in which current or past faculty, administrators, trustees appear in the files, should establish formal bodies to review and assess. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/us/leon-botstein-bard-college-epstein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVA.D_EV._4ROsUyChK9c&smid=tw-share08 Feb 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:t5ff5xdfobfmx2c3mp5maeu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3meeqfziwt22chttps://bsky.app/profile/durlauf.bsky.social/post/3meajhagkgk2zTweet of the evening. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Feb 2026 03:53 +0000at://did:plc:t5ff5xdfobfmx2c3mp5maeu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3meajhagkgk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/durlauf.bsky.social/post/3me62i2zg2s2zThe end of this final nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia augurs a return to a new nuclear arms race that not only involves the new military superpower China, but may well include countries that can no long rely on the American nuclear umbrella, rising military powers, notably India. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Feb 2026 04:20 +0000at://did:plc:t5ff5xdfobfmx2c3mp5maeu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3me62i2zg2s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/durlauf.bsky.social/post/3mdhdkgkonk2rI am delighted that this fascinating and enjoyable conversation with Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social has posted. Sven is the author of the monumental (in many senses) Capitalism: A Global History, which was published last year. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2026 03:31 +0000at://did:plc:t5ff5xdfobfmx2c3mp5maeu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdhdkgkonk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/durlauf.bsky.social/post/3mcxoscek222pBravo @markgsheppard.com for a real public service. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jan 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:t5ff5xdfobfmx2c3mp5maeu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxoscek222phttps://bsky.app/profile/durlauf.bsky.social/post/3mcxlf7vdx22tGrateful for the opportunity to discuss the short run and long run harms of Trump's tariff threats over Greenland. https://video.snapstream.net/Play/9GUds8GX2kBIHnm1FKAQOr?accessToken=cnc7wqtomsx6f21 Jan 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:t5ff5xdfobfmx2c3mp5maeu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxlf7vdx22t