#BlackLivesMatter Economics/Finance Prof
St Louis, MO
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Dave Rapach retweeted
In contrast to the pitch below, this article feels like a step backwards in our understanding of structural racism as economists. 1/7
After a year in which demands for racial justice acquired new resonance, economists are pushing back against a strongly held tenet of economics: that differences in wages largely reflect differences in skill. nyti.ms/3jfI9p8
The willingness of universities to cater to billionaires is striking. My school—already rife with inappropriate donor influence—just appointed a billionaire donor’s son to a search committee for the director of a new center. @Econ_Marshall @UnKochCampus
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Dave Rapach retweeted
Jeff Bezos is worth $182 billion and the fact that he chooses to do everything within his power to keep the 5,800 predominantly Black workers in Alabama from unionizing for humane working conditions proves that he knows he didn't earn his fortune. He exploited workers for it.
Dave Rapach retweeted
Rex and Grow Missouri are out.
Sinquefield and Missouri Future are in.
New front. Same agenda.
Dave Rapach retweeted
Biden said he won't cancel student debt above $10,000 because he doesn't want to bail out students from elite colleges.
Just 0.3% of student loans are from Ivy League schools. 12% are from all top-tier schools.
Rich people don't go into debt for college.
cnbc.com/2021/02/19/very-sma…
Dave Rapach retweeted
This morning, a Harvard professor was quoted in @NYTimes suggesting that the crisis Texas is the "necessary" result of markets working properly.
What it didn't say is that his research is largely funded by fossil fuel and utility interests.
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Dave Rapach retweeted
Adjunct faculty at VCU--like adjuncts at GMU--earn poverty wages, sometimes as little as $20,000 a year for a 4/4 load, without benefits. We can no longer run public universities by exploiting adjunct labor. Support @VCUadjuncts by signing their petition: BIT.LY/VCU-AOFP
Dave Rapach retweeted
I used to think I could never be fooled into joining a cult. Then I became an economist.
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Dave Rapach retweeted
McDonald’s worker in the US: $9/hr
McDonald’s worker in Denmark: $22/hr, 6 weeks of annual vacation, a union, 1 year of paid family leave, life insurance and pension.
America must join the rest of the industrialized world and ensure that our working class can live with dignity.
Dave Rapach retweeted
Nothing personal against JD herself but this case is an extremely clear cut example of the wider phenomenon of Karenness being transformed into an academic career
Dave Rapach retweeted
I guess this just adds to the evidence that @ProfSecchi was right...
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Dave Rapach retweeted
I think there are ears burning @GeorgeMasonU
Ignore statements from Koch & his ilk trying to distance themselves from Wed’s takeover of the Capitol—they bankrolled it. And realize that universities that accept ‘gifts’ from Koch et al are their shills. @Econ_Marshall @UnKochCampus @jcbecker93
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Dave Rapach retweeted
Charles Koch's new operation @stand_together released a statement about the violence at the U.S. Capitol ... buuuut the Koch PACS fund the insurrectionists 🤔standtogether.org/2021/01/07…
