Samuel Moyn
@samuelmoyn
“Gerontocracy in America” (2026)
Absorbing, deep, and moving must-read for historians and non-historians. We are death-bound and transient, and rebel against entropy - but are not entirely doomed in doing so. Congrats @tsmullaney.bsky.social.
Kavanaugh-registering the results of playing originalism's game on its terms.
Or maybe a universal presumption of good faith obviates assessing to how everyone is ideological and there is no ideologically pure scholarship on politically important historical matters.
Must-have new compilation from Hackett, edited and introduced by Greg Conti
Did you know I have a book on the verge of publication? “Gerontocracy in America” The blurbs are up on book sites — with deep thanks to @jedpurdy.bsky.social, @rickpildes.bsky.social and others untaggable. Check it out!
Then there is this aggrieved respondent - I've asked my mother to reply.
This is going to be a weird few months Srsly, is this better than “Rolling Stone”?
Oh-apart from these plans, we also know there was a pressure campaign during the adjudicatory process, right?
Before Joe Biden and the Democrats made it unavoidable, the critique of gerontocracy was coopted by neoliberals out to end the "entitlements" state. But what if only expanding the promise of care can allow for transferring of power and wealth away from those who retain them too long?
Next Friday: epic. If you’re a Yalie, rsvp! @ryandoerfler.bsky.social @stevevladeck.bsky.social @olatij.bsky.social
TOC, "Gerontocracy in America" (June 2026) us.macmillan.com/books/978037...