Tom Strand
@tomstrand
adjunct economics lecturer at suny
absolutely hilarious that Wemby smiled for the kid’s selfie but the kid fumbled and didn’t get Wemby in the frame
finished grading in a 3-hour sprint this morning so spending the day with these two:
I picked a great book to bring (and actually read!): CRACK-UP CAPITALISM by @quinnslobodian.com I went thru Liechtenstein yesterday on train to Zürich. In Vienna, I visited the Albertina, which houses the Batliner Collection. Herbert Batliner, a Liechtensteiner lawyer, was a pioneer in tax evasion.
apple strudel in custard with plum sauce might be my new favorite dessert
those of us who read @scottjshapiro.bsky.social’s book were prepared for this
“One committee member cited colleges’ tolerance of inclusive legal positivism as fundamental to the decline in the public’s trust of higher education.” @scottjshapiro.bsky.social 👀 (parody not an actual quote)
In the LRB, Tom Johnson reviews a new book on work in early modern England www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
In the NYRB, Trevor Jackson reviews James Chappel’s GOLDEN YEARS and @tghilarducci.bsky.social’s WORK, RETIRE, REPEAT www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Financial Times: “The global wave of energy rationing” www.ft.com/content/a9f5...