Sophie Jacobson

Got to admit, discharge petitions weren't on my backsliding bingo card.

I don’t typically post much, but I’m excited to share a guest essay co-authored with @jacobhacker.bsky.social which was published today in the @nytimes.com, as well as two reports we just published at the @equitablegrowth.bsky.social on Republican’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: 2025 APE Annual Research Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. The 2025 APE Annual Research Conference will be held on Zoom from July 28 to 30 (Monday to Wednesday) from 12:00 to 2:30 pm ET each day.

Join us for the 5th Research Conference on the American Political Economy, July 28-30 on zoom, 12-2:30pm ET, to discuss cutting-edge APE research!
Register here: yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi... or check out the program (www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/events/annua...) featuring@adambonica.bsky.social

Attention, Shoppers! @kthelen.bsky.social's latest @princetonupress.bsky.social book explains the political dynamics behind America's very, very large retailers. www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/attenti...

My train is literally going backwards to rescue another Amtrak that lost power. Suppose I will embrace solidarity wherever I can find it. 🤗

But, her emails!

How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.

APSA 2025 is gonna be fun.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...

APEX Graduate Fellow Eric Scheuch Publishes on Racial Inequity in US Power Plant Siting | Consortium on the American Political Economy In a new article in Energy Research and Social Science, Eric Scheuch accounts for unexpected ways public opinion shapes racial inequity in the siting of power plants in the U.S.

How does public opinion shape power plant siting in the US? Check out APEX Graduate Fellow @ericscheuch.bsky.social's excellent new article "Economic Incentives or Racial BIas?"! www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/apex-gr...

This piece was bound to be timely, but wow.

Why States Privatize? Isabel Perera & Trevor Brown Publish in World Politics | Consortium on the American Political Economy Read Cornell APE scholars Isabel Perera and Trevor Brown's new article--Why States Do or Do Not Privatize: Cross-Class Coalitions in the Public Sector--in the latest World Politics! (Check out the acc...

Checkout @isabelmperera.bsky.social & Trevor Brown's excellent new article in World Politics: Why States Do or Do Not Privatize! (There's a super handy companion methods piece in QMMR, too: zenodo.org/records/14062872) www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/why-sta...

Why Big Business May Wind Up Missing Lina Khan  | Washington Monthly Why Big Business May Wind Up Missing Lina Khan: Multinationals often opposed Biden’s aggressive stand on antitrust. Trump’s industrial policy by temper tantrum gives corporations what they really hate...

Lina Khan’s rule-of-law approach ensured clarity and consistency in antitrust enforcement.

"In the end, businesses may well have underpriced the value of a stable operating environment that rewards competition rather than submission." @nikolusiani.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...

The American Political Economy Blog

The APE Blog's 1st book symposium is live—showcasing Sarah Straszak's outstanding Privatizing Justice: Arbitration & the Decline of Public Governance in the US! Read @kathleenthelen.bsky.social's intro and contributions from @jnovkov.bsky.social, Jeb Barnes, and Alex Colvin on CAPE's website:

Trump expected to select RFK Jr. to lead HHS, Politico reports U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Politico reported on Thursday, citing a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

Worst possible reminder to schedule a booster. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Homicide found to be top cause of maternal death Pregnant women or those who've given birth in the past year are likelier to be murdered than die from medical causes.

Further evidence that women aren't actually safer under the so-called "protection" of men.
www.axios.com/2024/11/13/h...