Radhika Balakrishnan
@rbalakra.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus
Rutgers University
Rutgers University
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@rokhanna.bsky.social believes in overturning Citizens United and banning Super PACs and explains why you should too #mostlyeconomics
September 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
@rokhanna.bsky.social believes in overturning Citizens United and banning Super PACs and explains why you should too #mostlyeconomics
Listen to this re who Jeffries is meeting!! youtu.be/U-xT3ilk51c?...
Chris Christie Unloads on the Kushners in Interview with The Fifth Column
YouTube video by The Fifth Column - A Podcast
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August 25, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Listen to this re who Jeffries is meeting!! youtu.be/U-xT3ilk51c?...
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We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org).
But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare.
Priorities.
But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare.
Priorities.
August 18, 2026 at 9:15 PM
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org).
But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare.
Priorities.
But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare.
Priorities.
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“Why was an economist who made mistake after mistake treated like a seer by these institutions? The answer, I think, is that if you are the American oligarchy, Larry Summers is exactly who you want making economic policy for Democrats.”
“Why was an economist who made mistake after mistake treated like a seer by these institutions? The answer, I think, is that if you are the American oligarchy, Larry Summers is exactly who you want making economic policy for Democrats.”
Former Economist Larry Summers - The American Prospect
The American Economic Association banned him for life. Given how wrong Summers has been in every major area of policy advice, why did his public disgrace require the Epstein files rather than a reckon...
prospect.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
prospect.org/2025/12/03/f...
“Why was an economist who made mistake after mistake treated like a seer by these institutions? The answer, I think, is that if you are the American oligarchy, Larry Summers is exactly who you want making economic policy for Democrats.”
“Why was an economist who made mistake after mistake treated like a seer by these institutions? The answer, I think, is that if you are the American oligarchy, Larry Summers is exactly who you want making economic policy for Democrats.”
Proud to have signed letter from 600+ economists & inequality experts from 70 countries supporting the call for a new Independent Panel on Inequality- an Inequality IPCC- to tackle the inequality emergency- G20 leaders must support this. #G20SouthAfrica www.independent.co.uk/news/south-a...
Top economists call on world leaders to set up an international panel on inequality
Hundreds of top economists and other experts including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are calling for the world to set up an independent international panel on income and wealth inequalit...
www.independent.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Proud to have signed letter from 600+ economists & inequality experts from 70 countries supporting the call for a new Independent Panel on Inequality- an Inequality IPCC- to tackle the inequality emergency- G20 leaders must support this. #G20SouthAfrica www.independent.co.uk/news/south-a...
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To quote @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
October 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
To quote @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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The gov't doesn't have the exclusive power to (mis)interpret the law, the people can give it meaning too under the principle of popular sovereignty. The law doesn't treat protests ag immigration raids as a "rebellion" & I explain why (and provide signs!). youtu.be/bIEhD2hw2oM
Protest is Not Rebellion
YouTube video by Katherine Franke
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June 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The gov't doesn't have the exclusive power to (mis)interpret the law, the people can give it meaning too under the principle of popular sovereignty. The law doesn't treat protests ag immigration raids as a "rebellion" & I explain why (and provide signs!). youtu.be/bIEhD2hw2oM
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🚨Under 2 weeks to go! Don't forget to register for our flagship panel discussion: the Mary Robinson Speaker Series 2025. It’s online and free to attend. This year we'll be tackling one of the most pressing issues of our time: accountability of Big Tech.
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September 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🚨Under 2 weeks to go! Don't forget to register for our flagship panel discussion: the Mary Robinson Speaker Series 2025. It’s online and free to attend. This year we'll be tackling one of the most pressing issues of our time: accountability of Big Tech.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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It's small comfort or help to have predicted all this so accurately, but here we were naming "autocratic capture" several years ago and now the WH is assigning companies "loyalty ratings." (that story in the reply) protectdemocracy.org/work/desanti...
What is autocratic capture? DeSantis's war on Disney, explained
DeSantis’s attacks on Disney in Florida use a process called autocratic capture and mimic democratic erosion around the world.
protectdemocracy.org
August 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It's small comfort or help to have predicted all this so accurately, but here we were naming "autocratic capture" several years ago and now the WH is assigning companies "loyalty ratings." (that story in the reply) protectdemocracy.org/work/desanti...
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Tulsi #Gabbard - revisionist? Ask Susan Sarandon. In 2019 Gabbard sounded off against #government #corruption and #lies, at #BernieSanders’ Institute with lefties, Susan #Sarandon, Ben Jealous, Radhika Balakrishnan, Jim Zogby. She’s revised her entire persona since. Her credibility is ZERO.
Tulsi Gabbard, in 2019, on Government Corruption and Lies
YouTube video by Laura Flanders & Friends
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August 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Tulsi #Gabbard - revisionist? Ask Susan Sarandon. In 2019 Gabbard sounded off against #government #corruption and #lies, at #BernieSanders’ Institute with lefties, Susan #Sarandon, Ben Jealous, Radhika Balakrishnan, Jim Zogby. She’s revised her entire persona since. Her credibility is ZERO.
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Maria Farmer is a strong inspiring survivor of Maxwell and Epstein’s abuses. She’s right when she says pedophilia is not a partisan issue but rather a societal problem. We need to give a voice to the victims who want to testify and trust them. We should not rely on an abuser to know what happened.
July 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Maria Farmer is a strong inspiring survivor of Maxwell and Epstein’s abuses. She’s right when she says pedophilia is not a partisan issue but rather a societal problem. We need to give a voice to the victims who want to testify and trust them. We should not rely on an abuser to know what happened.
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CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
July 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
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What counts as work & what doesn't?
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Nancy Folbre shows how nearly half of all work done in this country is ignored by economists.
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youtube.com/watch?v=I6xNW6K_RG0
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Nancy Folbre shows how nearly half of all work done in this country is ignored by economists.
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youtube.com/watch?v=I6xNW6K_RG0
What is Work? [Nancy Folbre]
YouTube video by New Economic Thinking
www.youtube.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
What counts as work & what doesn't?
🤔
Nancy Folbre shows how nearly half of all work done in this country is ignored by economists.
👇
youtube.com/watch?v=I6xNW6K_RG0
🤔
Nancy Folbre shows how nearly half of all work done in this country is ignored by economists.
👇
youtube.com/watch?v=I6xNW6K_RG0
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With ICE's *enormous* new budget and its ability to hire *many* more agents, the United States is about to enter an era of brutal domestic terrorism that we've never seen before.
July 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
With ICE's *enormous* new budget and its ability to hire *many* more agents, the United States is about to enter an era of brutal domestic terrorism that we've never seen before.
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America's superrich emerged in two phases: predatory finance followed by quasi-monoplies based on network effects paulkrugman.substack.com/p/inequality...
Inequality, Part IV: Oligarchs
The rise of mega-fortunes
paulkrugman.substack.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
America's superrich emerged in two phases: predatory finance followed by quasi-monoplies based on network effects paulkrugman.substack.com/p/inequality...
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Columbia University Acting President Claire Shipman welcomed to Columbia College's graduation ceremony with sustained jeers and boos.
Minutes later, students break out in loud chants of "Free Mahmoud":
Minutes later, students break out in loud chants of "Free Mahmoud":
May 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Columbia University Acting President Claire Shipman welcomed to Columbia College's graduation ceremony with sustained jeers and boos.
Minutes later, students break out in loud chants of "Free Mahmoud":
Minutes later, students break out in loud chants of "Free Mahmoud":
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Our capital gains tax system seems complex, but it boils down to this: The more profitable an investment proves to be, the lower the effective tax on the gains that investment generates.
"You could not design a more regressive tax system," writes @azboblord.bsky.social in @inequality.org:
"You could not design a more regressive tax system," writes @azboblord.bsky.social in @inequality.org:
America's Most Regressive Tax Levy: Our Tax on Capital Gains - Inequality.org
Our capital gains effective tax rate shrinks as the gains grow in size and duration, inviting the tax dodge that’s driving America’s wealth concentration.
inequality.org
May 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Our capital gains tax system seems complex, but it boils down to this: The more profitable an investment proves to be, the lower the effective tax on the gains that investment generates.
"You could not design a more regressive tax system," writes @azboblord.bsky.social in @inequality.org:
"You could not design a more regressive tax system," writes @azboblord.bsky.social in @inequality.org:
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Just open, brazen, persistent, shameless grift and corruption and conflict of interests:
Donald Jr. and Eric Trump Pursue New Deals That Would Enrich President Trump
The president’s older sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, spent the past two weeks traveling the world and announcing deals, many of which will financially benefit their father.
www.nytimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Just open, brazen, persistent, shameless grift and corruption and conflict of interests:
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This is a thousand times more of a threat than the economic devastation we’re all reasonably enough distraught about out. The constitutional order as we’ve known it is hanging by a fraying thread that trump is holding a straight razor to with no one even reaching to withdraw his hand.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This is a thousand times more of a threat than the economic devastation we’re all reasonably enough distraught about out. The constitutional order as we’ve known it is hanging by a fraying thread that trump is holding a straight razor to with no one even reaching to withdraw his hand.