J.D. Vance boasted that Watergate would be a 12-hour news story if it happened today. @luozhaotian.bsky.social and I show why. It turns out oversight is difficult when prospective autocrats can excuse their undemocratic behavior as mere trolling...

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 3w ago

#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social - Backsliding under contested oversight - https://cup.org/3SWvWtu "Citizens do not directly observe democratic backsliding and, as a result, may hesitate to respond to subversion." - @bobbygulotty.bsky.social & @luozhaotian.bsky.social #FirstView

#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social - Backsliding under contested oversight - https://cup.org/3SWvWtu "Citizens do not directly observe democratic backsliding and, as a result, may hesitate to respond to subversion." - @bobbygulotty.bsky.social & @luozhaotian.bsky.social #FirstView

How might the 2026 USMCA review impact North American economic cooperation? Last week, @natsecheather.bsky.social, Eric Miller, Orlando Pérez Gárate, and @bobbygulotty.bsky.social joined the Council to analyze the future of the continent’s most important trade relationship. brnw.ch/21wXzri

As the 2026 USMCA review approaches, how will each country's competing priorities shape the renegotiation? Join @natsecheather.bsky.social, Eric Miller, Orlando Pérez Gárate, and @bobbygulotty.bsky.social on 11/13 as they discuss the continent’s most vital trade relationship. brnw.ch/21wWSvD

We’re here to Hype that Hypothesis! Today we look at @minjulisettekim.bsky.social and @bobbygulotty.bsky.social's work on " #Electoral #Rewards and #Punishments for #Compensation.” Read about their three-step approach to explore their hypothesis: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...

Study Quantitative Methods? Join Uchicago Political Science! We are hiring at the Assistant Professor level. If you have any questions, reach out. EOE/Vet/Disability Link Here: apply.interfolio.com/172391

When NAFTA passed the US already had 0 tariffs on 80% of Canadian goods. We have had free trade in auto parts since 1965. This is a return to the days of the Ford Meteor.

Sad day for cartoon ducks, devils.

New WP: "The Political Benefits of the Monoculture" @bobbygulotty.bsky.social and I took a look at whether Trump's ag subsidies helped him in 2020. tl;dr - they did. osf.io/preprints/so... - polisky 📉📈

My favorite Eaton paper: The Allocation of Resources in an Open Economy with Uncertain Terms of Trade www.jstor.org/stable/25264...

Good news everyone! Do you use excel for data entry? You can now turn off automatic formatting! insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/c...

Hi folks - I will be hosting a webinar next week for prospective students to discuss Chicago’s great new(ish) PhD program in political economy, joint between Harris and Political Science. Please forward/join! Here is the link (not active in the attached image): uchicagogroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Python freaks me out sometimes. Computing beta=(X'X)^{-1}X'y gives dramatically different answers, depending on whether the matrix is inverted using numpy.linalg.inv or scipy.linalg.inv. Sometimes it's better living in the darkness that is Stata. #econsky

These are fun videos: youtu.be/sDlFaOn71n8?...

I’d be here even if Elon hadn’t ruined Twitter, because I believe ppl deserve power over the algorithms that structure their worlds. In that spirit, three current favorite feeds. “For You” is a personalized feed that seems to give you posts from several “circles” it detects you belong to. 1/3

polisky I am running the job market information slack this year, so if you are not currently a member of the slack but want to be either to pass along updates because you're on a committee or to track them because you are on the market, please send me an email at rdawkins@carleton.edu. Cheers!

Mickey!

A little semolina goes a long way in a pizza. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019...

One thing I appreciate about living in Chicago is not having to constantly hear about Burning Man.

Nice shout-out for federal prosecutors.

I want to hear more about Indiana bond ratings.