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One thing that comes through in Schmerhorn’s thread that is the subtext for a lot of this is that the HOCs believe that their books will do certain kinds of political work and that critics of their work are motivated by hostility to those projects. I am skeptical. — PolitiTweet.org

PUZZLING thread. Most economic historians would not object to most of the statements made in this thread. And I can… https://t.co/UxKCNL2nD3

Posted Aug. 31, 2019 Hibernated

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I’d been wondering why those storm cones end up being inaccurate so often and here’s the reason. — PolitiTweet.org

I’m very curious about what a cone of uncertainty that includes 95% of outcomes would look like 👀… https://t.co/pjsQMFwbR7

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Politics is just a lot more political than that. It’s pretty obvious and widely accepted that American prosperity was founded on stealing land from the indigenous population but that doesn’t per se inspire people to make present-day policy changes. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 31, 2019 Hibernated