Vincent Heddesheimer

vheddesheimer.bsky.social

08 October 2026 11:55

Germany's Die Linke won last month's Berlin election on a pledge to socialize ~220k flats owned by large landlords. A thread on why housing expropriation is a successful campaign promise, how Berlin's flats became an asset class, and what expropriation would do. 🧵

Jake Grumbach

jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

06 October 2026 20:44

Brazilian economist Claudio Ferraz today: The big question for political scientists, economists, and psychologists is—why do corruption accusations affect left-wing candidates much more than right-wing ones?

Nick Carnes

carnes.bsky.social

06 October 2026 20:44

It's finally publication day for this decade-in-the-making book. @noamlupu.bsky.social and I explain why working-class jobs make up 70% of the average democracy's labor force, but only 2% of the average democracy's national lawmakers had working-class jobs when they got into politics.

Nick Carnes

carnes.bsky.social

06 October 2026 20:44

The real reason working-class people almost never become politicians anywhere is that running for office is extremely personally burdensome, and that screens out the people who live the most precarious lives, including working-class people.

Vicente Valentim

valentimvicente.bsky.social

06 October 2026 20:43

I really look forward to reading this book: