PhD candidate @MaxwellSU, MSc @LSEEI; Euro politics & political economy of neoliberalism; chef and sous-chef for @lauradedmon; now also @ dedmon on bsky
Colorado, USA
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Michael Dedmon retweeted
The Verasight APSA 2026 omnibus survey report is out.
Here are just a few results from the 155 questions submitted by conference participants to our verified panel:
1. 63% of respondents say democracy in the United States is becoming weaker.
2. 59% of respondents trust neither polls nor prediction markets to predict who will win an election.
3. 69% of respondents say the costs of new data centers to their state's water and energy resources outweigh the economic benefits.
4. 62% of respondents have not used any AI tool to learn about politics for the election.
View the full report, findings, and methodology: reports.verasight.io/r/2026-…
Thank you to every researcher who contributed a question, including: @busranozguler, @DemocracyM, @emineari_IR, Celeste Beesley, @dburbach, @HayleyCohen, @MatthewDardet, @cantstopkevin, @SLDeMora, @fatiherol_pols, @goyal_tanushree, @RikioInouye, @lanalattu, @DebraLeiter, @wpmarble, @markovitis, @Jair1215_, @jkmucci, @noveyator, @lrpalladino, @haroldpollack, @jacobfhsmith, @decustecu, @DanielWSzabo, @GoszaTarasenko, @ozlem__tuncel, @samvannoort, @CBWlezien
Michael Dedmon retweeted
Martin Barnay on the protest in France--writing for Sidecar: newleftreview.org/sidecar/po…
This is what @samuelmoyn’s been trying to warn us about
Jon Stewart signs on to continue as ‘Daily Show’ host through 2028 reut.rs/4sxLqlr reut.rs/4sxLqlr
Michael Dedmon retweeted
What a great lineup for the Poznan Winter School, coming in January.
All on line. No registration fees.
Registration will soon open.
Michael Dedmon retweeted
The R package `scf` has been updated. It now works with 2025 data and has several improvements. Please share with your colleagues who study household finance. Please notify me of bugs via GitHub jncohen.commons.gc.cuny.edu/…
Michael Dedmon retweeted
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“The situation has never been so serious; the Fifth Republic is on the verge of collapse. My family has served France for centuries, and if France calls upon me, I will be at its service. The indispensable condition is that France desires the return of the monarchy - a monarchy above parties, unifying.”
- Luís de Bourbon, direct descendant of Saint Louis IX
Michael Dedmon retweeted
Mathieu Kassovitz dans le cortège lycéen vers Nation à Paris. #17octobre
Michael Dedmon retweeted
If you've been following the rapid growth of the AI sector, check out the new report @openmarkets and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund released today, “Brace for Impact: Protecting People and the Economy when the AI Bubble Bursts.”
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Michael Dedmon retweeted
If a great Irish writer’s books can no longer be published in the UK because she stands with Palestine, the question isn’t what law might Sally Rooney have broken, it’s what sort of country has Britain become. irishtimes.com/culture/books…
This was a great one - I had a physical reaction to @MatthewSitman’s line “the organic intellectual is someone that does their own research.”
NEW @KnowYrEnemyPod for subscribers! We talk to the great @lionel_trolling about the nature and function of conservative intellectuals, public intellectuals past and present, the possibilities for “hegemony” today, and more
patreon.com/knowyourenemy/po…
Michael Dedmon retweeted
Every time you hear the fiscal fundamentalists claim 'successful austerity in Greece' poin them to the economic effects: a low productivity "Café Economy," surviving on tourism
share.google/EiZig9wGVfot5lb…
Michael Dedmon retweeted
An accompanying piece to my Odd Lots episode.
It's not just about the technicalities of comparing living standards: the obsession with relative decline and 'competitiveness' is a form of declinism: "the unwitting last refuge of great power delusions."
🧵 phenomenalworld.org/analysis…
Michael Dedmon retweeted
Remember when neoliberal econs told us in the post-Covid period that companies were NOT taking advantage of inflation to raise their own prices in excess of any cost increase? They also told us that industry concentration didn't explain post-Covid price hikes. Well, economists at Northeastern University tested that proposition and found good evidence for this practice--what non-econs might call "gouging" or "profiteering"--in the airline industry. Go give it a read! (link in next tweet)
Michael Dedmon retweeted
This looks to be an extraordinary resource for scholars and students interested in the work of Stuart Hall (@StuartHallFdn)! theguardian.com/society/2026…
It’s hard to be shocked anymore but this is beyond revolting.
BREAKING: The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. apnews.com/article/fort-hood…
Michael Dedmon retweeted
New from the New York Fed: "By February 2026, tariffs had contributed 2.9 pp to goods price inflation, and without them goods prices would have fallen slightly."
About one quarter of every point in higher tariff rates shows up in consumer prices within one year.
• A 10% across-the-board tariff yields a 2.6% rise in consumer goods prices after one year.
• About two thirds of the increase comes from pricier imports, which get passed through quickly.
• Another third comes from U.S. made goods, as producers face higher input costs and less import competition. This takes longer, about 6-12 months, to filter through.
How Fast Do Tariffs Pass Through into Consumer Prices?
By Mary Amiti, Sebastian Heise, and David E. Weinstein
nyfed.org/4j2HHcN
Michael Dedmon retweeted
Walmart swears up and down it’s not deploying personalized pricing. Yet when we dug into hundreds of patents it’s filed over the past decade, we found that the retail giant is developing incredibly invasive technology for one purpose: padding its bottom line.
Public claims deserve a public response. Especially when they’re inaccurate and misleading.
@owenslindsay1 has repeatedly suggested Walmart uses or plans to use technology to charge people more based on their personal information.
